~*~Keep The Flame Burning~*~

~*~Forever~*~

I remember a song when I was growing up, but never really understood, or took time to listen to the words. But now as I grow older and look back, and think of my wonderful parents, who are no longer with me here on this earth. I think of how I would seem to have no time for them when I was growing up. And how it always seemed to be too much bother to even sit down and have a meal with them. My mother would sigh and my father would just smile. He knew, he knew..... I am sure he did the same thing as a child and realized later in life just how special his parents were, like I now do. There shall be a time for me to join them again and I know I will embrace them and never stray again.....I look to my own children now and see the same things that I grew older and regreted, and I hope they will be fortunate enough not to stray to the same place I have been, for once your parents are gone, there shall never be as much as a hello, a smile, or even a goodbye...Death is final in this world, and the waiting for that glorious reunion has sometimes put tears in my eyes and an ache in my heart....But when I do feel the deepest of sorrow, I dig deep and reach for the gift they have given me for all eternity..the memories..I shall always have the memories. And as I sit back and think, it occurs to me, they've grow up just like me.....
*MY BOYS ARE JUST LIKE ME*