Ok. Ok. I GET it.

At work I have my own personal Google page. I have funny stuff, a how to for the day, the time, etc. My favorite little tab is the Daily Literary Quote for the day. Good stuff. Especially for a nerdy girl like me who LOVES to hear the great authors quotes. Well the other day I read one that for some reason totally stuck with me. I have been thinking about it everyday.


If you have only one smile in you, give it to the people you love. Don't be surly at home, then go out in the street and start grinning 'Good morning' at total strangers. ~Maya Angelou


Makes you think....makes you really try harder to be nicer to the ones you love. I know people say you treat those closest to you the worst. Only because you trust that they will love you no matter what. But that seems wrong. We should strive to show our family and our friends the love we have. Easier said than done sometimes. I guess it all comes down to how we feel about acceptance. We want everyone's acceptance. Total strangers, family, friends. But we give the best parts of us to the people who in the end just don't really matter in our lives. This really hit home with me today. I am part of an online group for moms. (Really supportive!) Today I got an e-mail....


F A M I L Y.

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


So I am feeling like it's God, the universe, fate (whatever it is you believe) screaming "HEY! YOU! LISTEN!!!!"

So in short. Thank you friends for always being there. Thank you family for always loving me and my little family. Thank you everyone, you are all special to us in some way. We love you all! Please know that. We never show it or say it often enough. WE LOVE YOU!!!!!!