This morning as I was getting ready for my day, I stopped and reflected on something that I never thought about before. It gave me some prospective and I wanted to share it with the 3 people who like and read my blog!
I was thinking about my 2 great aunts, one is well to do and has no children the other is well taken care of but has children, grandchildren and great grandchildren. Then I thought about my grandparents, who are now both gone but still missed. BTW, these are my maternal relatives. I realized that my grandparents left us, meaning my sister and I, nothing upon their death. They left everything to my deceased Uncles 2 children, who have no parents and now no grandparents either so the material things like the house and the little jewelry meant security for these kids.
Then it occurred to me that I got the best years of their lives. They were young when I was born so I had 38 years with them, that was my inheritance. I learned to cook, sew, clean, wash, garden, can, bake, love, laugh and even play Bingo from these people. My values and everything that I am is because of my elders; because of the years I got to spend and the time invested in my future. So I didn't get the china hutch or proceeds from the house or my grandmothers wedding band, what I got was the knowledge to keep the house and build my own china hutch and appreciate what I do have...that is something that can't be taken to the bank because it's priceless.
Happy Wednesday XXXOOO
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