Tuesday, March 17, 2009

When you thought I wasn't looking

Mom and Dad~finally empty nesters~ June 2008
My Dad with Lilyann~ June 2008

WHEN YOU THOUGHT I WASN'T LOOKING
~~ Author Unknown ~~

When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you hang my first painting on the refrigerator, and I immediately wanted to paint another one.
When you thought I wasn't looking saw you feed a stray cat, and I learned that it was good to be kind to animals.
When you thought I wasn't looking, saw you make my favorite cake for me and I learned that the little things can be the special things in life.
When you thought I wasn't looking I heard you say a prayer, and I knew there is a God I could always talk to and I learned to trust in God.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you make a meal and take it to a friend who was sick, and I learned that we all have to help take care of each other.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you give of your time and money to help people who had nothing and I learned that those who have something should give to those who don't.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw you take care of our house and everyone in it and I learned we have to take care of what we are given.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw how you handled your responsibilities, even when you didn't feel good and I learned that I would have to be responsible when I grow up.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw tears come from your eyes and I learned that sometimes things hurt, but it's all right to cry.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I saw that you cared and I wanted to be everything that I could be.
When you thought I wasn't looking, learned most of life's lessons that I need to know to be a good and productive person when I grow up.
When you thought I wasn't looking, I looked at you and wanted to say, "Thanks for all the things I saw when you thought I wasn't looking."



Saturday was my dad's birthday...and tomorrow is my Mom's birthday. I have the best parents a daughter could ever have. They have taught me so much. I know that if it weren't for all that my mom and dad taught me, I would have been wreck last year. Thank God for free long distance because I think I called my mom everyday for those few months after Lilyann's CHD diagnosis. To have someone tell you it is all right and God will pull you through this and give you the strength to make it to the next day means alot. I often wonder why I bickered and argued with my parents as I grew up. It was because I didn't see all that they saw. I'm not perfect; but i I think when I became a mom, I realized why my parents did what they did. It wasn't because they hated me or wanted me to "suffer"; they did what they did because they loved me.

When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.
~I Corinthians 13:11~


I remember my dad teaching us this verse during family devotions...and now I completely understand it.


My Mom and myself~ I think I am 2 yrs old here (1984 ?)

Happy Birthday, Dad and Mom!!

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