JJNF3(a)aol.com wrote:
> > > >> > Written by Erma Bombeck at her learning
of her terminal
> > cancer...
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Erma's Angel
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I would have talked less and
> > > >> > listened more.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I would have invited friends over to
> > > >> > dinner even if the carpet was
> > > >> > stained and the sofa faded.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I would have eaten the popcorn in
> > > >> > the "GOOD" living room and
> > > >> > worried much less about the dirt
> > > >> > when someone wanted to light a fire
> > > >> > in the fireplace.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I would have taken the time to
> > > >> > listen to my grandfather ramble
> > > >> > about his youth.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I would never have insisted the car
> > > >> > windows be rolled up on a
> > > >> > summer day because my hair had just
> > > >> > been teased and sprayed.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I would have burned the pink candle
> > > >> > sculpted like a rose before it
> > > >> > melted in storage.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I would have sat on the lawn with my
> > > >> > children and not worried
> > > >> > about grass stains.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I would have cried and laughed less
> > > >> > while watching television and
> > > >> > more while watching life.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I would have gone to bed when I was
> > > >> > sick instead of pretending the
> > > >> > earth would go into a holding
> > > >> > pattern if I weren't there for the
day.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > I would never have bought anything
> > > >> > just because it was practical,
> > > >> > wouldn't show soil or was
guaranteed
> > > >> > to last a lifetime.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > Instead of wishing away nine months
> > > >> > of pregnancy, I'd have
> > > >> > cherished every moment realizing
> > > >> > that the wonderment growing inside
> > > >> > me was the only chance in life to
> > > >> > assist God in a miracle.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > When my kids kissed me impetuously,
> > > >> > I would never have said,
> > > >> > "Later. Now go get washed up for
dinner."
> > > >> >
> > > >> > There would have been more "I love
you's"
> > > >> > and more "I'm
sorry's"
> > > >> > ...but mostly, given another shot
> > > >> > at life, I would seize every
> > > >> > minute.....look at it and really see
> > > >> > it ... live it ... and never give it
back.
> > > >> >
> > > >> > ~~ In honor of women's history month
> > > >> > and in memory of Erma Bombeck
> > > >> > who lost her fight with cancer.
> > > >> > Here is an angel sent to watch over
you...
> > > >> >
> > > >> > * (\ *** /) *
> > > >> > ** ( \(_)/ ) **
> > > >> > * (_/ \_) *
> > > >> > ** /___\ **
> > > >> > Pass this on to five women that you
> > > >> > want watched over. If you don't
> > > >> > know five women to pass this on to,
> > > >> > one will do just fine
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