I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh excuse me please" was my reply.

He said, "Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you."

We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said goodbye.

But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.

Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.

When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.

He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken

While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,

"While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.

Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.

Those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.

He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."

By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.

I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.

"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.

I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."

I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway."

I said, "Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."

FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in
a matter of days.

But the family we left behind will feel the loss
for the rest of their lives.

And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more
into work than into our own family,
an unwise investment indeed,
don't you think?
So what is behind the story?

Do you know what the word FAMILY means?
FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU

WOW ~

That was awesome kojack

Thanks for sharing

Very nice...

great one kojack

I didn't write it but saw it and wanted to share

That was very lovely kojack, and it is true, sometimes we take the ones we love the most for granted, and often times hurt them the most as well...thanks for sharing

Thanks for sharing Kojack!!!

Very lovely Kojack

Kojak,

I'm an indie filmaker, and I've recently had to figure out how to give direction to a female character who, in her first scene (whe shoot this short on Saturday) will just be listening as her DAD rants to her on her cell phone message, and we're basically using ALEC BALDWIN'S rant to his daughter that ended up all over everywhere for everyone to see.

She interpreted for the scene, that she'd be angry, but I had to have her step back a minute, think about HER relationship to her dad, who she said she loved, and I told her to imagine how she'd feel if her dad spoke to her in that way, calling her a pig, etc.

Then I related a personal message about something that my own dad said to me when I was in high school.

BACKSTORY:

Mom worked in a funky hair salon, and I often went in to let the interns cut my hair, for experience for them, and frankly I love having fun new cuts. I'm not exactly attached to my hair. Anyway, I got home and Daddy Dearest said...

Jeni, are you TRYING to make yourself look ugly? Now mind you it wasn't said in anger or malice or rudeness, and I DID get about a 1 1/2 inch all the way around cut, with only a long bang, ALA the 80's which it was, but I knew even then in my sweet 15 year old innocence that NO parent should say things like that to their child and here's why.

We can all probably forgive almost anything of a parent we love, but we will NEVER forget those little things.

So when we're feeling insecure, have had a bad day, date, month, performance, etc. ---well that's the little voice we hear...

"Jen, are you trying to make yourself look ugly?"

Now, I'm not the insecure type, I'm a grown woman with two great Autistic kids, and frankly there's much more on my plate than my worrying about a haircut, pimple, my hip size, or if my nose is straight, but sometimes, on a bad day.... I can still hear that voice.

And I think my actress will nail it, cause she won't have a problem understanding what I want after that speech, will she!!

But, don't cry for ME argentina, I just saw my first short film on TV and the first person I sent it to was estranged Daddy....

I'll make him proud if it kills me, man!!

Awwww pretty eyes great post thanks for sharing