Today is my grandparent’s 71st wedding anniversary. Today is also their first anniversary since my grandmother passed away last September. Polly and Leon were from a small town in Georgia, they moved around for his work in the Navy and in broadcasting. Eventually his work led them to my hometown where they raised 3 awesome girls.
My grandparents are awesome people who showed what love is to be about. My life has been better because of them. She helped raise me and taught me many lessons of life that I still use today.
I am grateful to have my grandfather still with us but I miss my grandmother very much. Some days I miss hearing her voice. We will celebrate the life they had together and the love they still share even though she lives in heaven now. They are both gifts from God.
If we were genuinely concerned about the welfare of others and served humankind appropriately the our world would be a better place. Selfishness, pride and apathy have done a lot of damage to family and community. Humbling ones self to be willing to get your hands dirty is a sacrifice worth making. Let’s never forget about the generations before us who did that because it was a part of their DNA. Let’s work to make our lives and the world better for all of us, being a servant is cool.
Don’t let your work keep you away from people and things you love. Working is important and each of us has a calling in life to do something to provide for our families and to make the world a better place. Sometimes money changes everything. However don’t let that work get in the way of other things that are important to you. Balance is great if you can achieve it.
My heroes don’t wear capes. They serve and protect, fight fires, deliver babies, donate blood, teach our kids, serve their higher power and raise kids. People like this help keep the chaos at bay and usher in peace. They stand in the gap, they keep us safe. Avengers are not needed if we show that good can win the day. We can be heroes for more than just one day.
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