I have written before about “Carving our names in hearts and not marble.” That message rang loud and clear today as I saw a message on my phone ….. the picture of tombstone with lovely fall flowers. There is nothing wrong with placing flowers as a memorial to a loved one, but never to the neglect of the loved one that still lives. Give those that are left behind your love, concern, encouragement, deeds, help. Those acts of love is what you will leave behind in your heart, long after they are gone.

We don’t hold the clock. We wrongly believe that we are doing more important things….and then the call that changes our lives forever…placing memorials at their grave. All of the tears, regrets, the should haves, the could haves, the would haves is what is left forever burned in our memories.

“Love stops the cooking to hug the child. Love sets aside the decorating to kiss the spouse; love is kind though harried and tired. Love does not yell at the kids to get out of the way, but is thankful they are there to be in the way. Love does not give only to those who are able to give in return, but rejoices in giving to those who cannot.”

“Love doth not behave itself unseemly, seeketh not her own, is not easily provoked, thinketh no evil; rejoiceth not in inquity, but rejoiceth in the truth; Beareth all things, believeth all things, hopeth all thing. Love never fails: . . . . .” I Corinthians 13

“Video games will break.
Pearl necklaces will be lost;
Golf clubs will rust.
But giving the gift of love will endure forever more.”
Eileen Light