Re: A Special Message glenda

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glenda, reminds us to look before speak doesn't it.

i think all parents have had something like this

happen at one time or anotehr. dawn

--- Glenda McClennen eyeoreluv@...> wrote:

> Dawn

> That was beautiful!

> Thanks

> Glenda

>

>

> --- Dawn dmorgan26347@...> wrote:

> > A Special Message

> >

> > A weary mother returned from the store,

> > Lugging groceries through the kitchen door.

> Awaiting

> > her arrival was

> > her

> > eight-year-old son, Eager to relate what his

> younger

> > brother had done.

> >

> > " While I was out playing and Dad was on a call,

> T.J.

> > took his crayons

> > and wrote on the wall! It's on the new paper you

> > just

> > hung in the den.

> > I

> > told him you'd be mad at having to do it again. "

> >

> > She let out a moan and furrowed her brow. " Where

> is

> > your little brother

> > right now? " She emptied her arms and with a

> > purposeful

> > stride, She

> > marched to his closet where he had gone to hide.

> >

> > She called his full name as she entered his room.

> He

> > trembled with fear

> > -- he knew that meant doom! For the next ten

> > minutes,

> > she ranted and

> > raved About the expensive wallpaper and how she

> had

> > saved.

> >

> > Lamenting all the work it would take to repair,

> She

> > condemned his

> > actions and total lack of care. The more she

> > scolded,

> > the madder she

> > got, Then stomped from his room, totally

> distraught!

> >

> >

> > She headed for the den to confirm her fears. When

> > she

> > saw the wall, her

> > eyes flooded with tears. The message she read

> > pierced

> > her soul with a

> > dart. It said, " I love Mommy, " surrounded by a

> > heart.

> >

> > Well, the wallpaper remained, just as she found

> it,

> > With an empty

> > picture frame hung to surround it. A reminder to

> > her,

> > and indeed to

> > all,

> > Take time to read the handwriting on the wall.

> > ~Author Unknown

> >

> >

> >

> >

> > __________________________________________________

> >