You only live once, but if you work it right, once is enough.
My parents have been here for 2 weeks and it is now time for them to leave. Even though I am a grown woman with a life and a home of my own it still makes me sad to say goodbye.....you see I love them with all my heart and I think that I am one of the luckiest people alive just because I have them as parents.
From young my mom and dad were my inspiration and my role models. Today they continue to set high standard for us. They have taught me to be a caring, compassionate, and self assured woman. As my dad would always say to us "you are a thing of value". I grew up knowing that I was important and that I mattered.
My dad has always told us that there is nothing we could not do if we set our minds to it. He and my mom instilled in us the desire to strive for the best and to always give the best of ourselves.It is from my parents that I have learnt determination, courage to speak my mind and to never give up.
Both of parents are now retired but if there is anyone who struggled in this lifetime it was them and all because they wanted to give us, their 5 daughters the best the world had to offer. They have....
We were not rich in money or material things but, we never lacked love.......not then not now.
As I leave them today so many memories come to mind...so many thing I wondered if I have said....so many things I want to say....I am not afraid to say I love you mommy & daddy.....
My dad & mom have taught me to never be afraid of anything nor anyone....god knows maybe I should be a little more afraid of certain things....
And in the end, it's not the years in your life that count. It's the life in your years.
Making your mark on the world is hard. If it were easy, everybody would do it. But it's not. It takes patience, it takes commitment, and it comes with plenty of failure along the way. The real test is not whether you avoid this failure, because you won't. it's whether you let it harden or shame you into inaction, or whether you learn from it; whether you choose to persevere....
