Like I said yesterday, I don't ever want to miss an opportunity to be with my grands in whatever activity they are involved in. If it's important to them, it's important to me. These are times we will remember and hopefully they will never forget.
As we remember this weekend the events of 911 I found a story of wife that lost her husband on that fateful day that never gave up hope until. Here's the story:
Maybe he did manage to get out of the South Tower after all. Maybe he is wandering around not knowing who he is. For years, these thoughts haunted Myrta Gschaar. She did not abandon hope, until the day authorities informed her that her husband’s wallet had been recovered. When she went to the police station to pick it up, she saw the two-dollar bill. Myrta Gschaar felt dizzy and the policemen needed to keep her from falling. It was one of the two-dollar bills with which Robert had proposed to Myrta. They had promised each other to always carry theirs with them. When Myrta had recovered, she placed the slightly charred note next to her undamaged one. She moved them toward each other as if they were about to kiss for the last time. Or the first.
She never lost hope until the wallet of her deceased husband was given to her. But inside was a memory that will last for her lifetime. Even though he was gone, she still had something to hold onto that reminded her of the good times and not the bad. It also let her know that the promise they made to each other from that day forward had been kept. He had remembered, and so did she.
This weekend we will remember the victims and their families, the heroes and their loved ones, and the faith that brought us through those bad times. That's why memories are so important.
So while your kids are small, or your grandkids want to be with you, take advantage of those memories. They do last for eternity.
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