This made me think..............and cry.........

[Romps]

F A M I L Y

I ran into a stranger as he passed by,
"Oh excuse me please" was my reply.

He said, "Please excuse me too;
I wasn't watching for you."

We were very polite, this stranger and I.
We went on our way and we said good-bye.


But at home a different story is told,
How we treat our loved ones, young and old.


Later that day, cooking the evening meal,
My son stood beside me very still.

When I turned, I nearly knocked him down.
"Move out of the way," I said with a frown.

He walked away, his little heart broken.
I didn't realize how harshly I'd spoken.

While I lay awake in bed,
God's still small voice came to me and said,


"While dealing with a stranger,
common courtesy you use,
but the family you love, you seem to abuse.

Go and look on the kitchen floor,
You'll find some flowers there by the door.
those are the flowers he brought for you.
He picked them himself: pink, yellow and blue.


He stood very quietly not to spoil the surprise,
you never saw the tears that filled his little eyes."


By this time, I felt very small,
And now my tears began to fall.


I quietly went and knelt by his bed;
"Wake up, little one, wake up," I said.

"Are these the flowers you picked for me?"
He smiled, "I found 'em, out by the tree.


I picked 'em because they're pretty like you.
I knew you'd like 'em, especially the blue."

I said, "Son, I'm very sorry for the way I acted
today;
I shouldn't have yelled at you that way."
He said, "Oh, Mom, that's okay.
I love you anyway."


I said, "Son, I love you too,
and I do like the flowers, especially the blue."

FAMILY
Are you aware that if we died tomorrow, the company
that we are working for could easily replace us in
a matter of days.
But the family we left behind will feel the loss
for the rest of their lives.

And come to think of it, we pour ourselves more
into work than into our own family,
an unwise investment indeed,
don't you think?
So what is behind the story?

Do you know what the word FAMILY means?
FAMILY = (F)ATHER (A)ND (M)OTHER (I) (L)OVE (Y)OU

[harwood red]

Ok romps get round here and start mopping up girl!!!

Beautiful story and so so true, thanks for sharing

[grannyclaret]

oh god wheres the tissues ,,,,,thats lovely and dosent it hit home?

[harwood red]

look at us now romps, me and granny C sobbing like idiots, bet your opening a tissue factory as posts like that will surely increase your sales!!

[MUMMIBOO]

Thank you.

[cashman]

so very true.......

[mez]

got to go to asda for some more tissues... oo so very true,

[slinky]

Romps, that was lovely.............i'm sat here with a tear too. It is true, awwww that poor lad.
I know it's only a story, but how often do we do it really!!! makes you sit up and think really.

Thanks romps.

[Sara]

How nice, all the above posts are correct does make you feel like weeping.

[shiny gem]

how true.... ive snapped soo many times at family members...but never at a stranger...maybe coz i know ill be forgiven by my loved ones!!

[WINGY]

Great, i love it. I come from a very close family and none of us eeven the big butch blokes (like me) aren't scared of showing their feelings. My older brother never calls me without telling me he loves me and the same with our parents, you never know whats round the corner!!
Saying that, the fact that i only see em a couple of times a year might help

[baby boo]

got to say it brought a tear to my eye too! me and my mum when were stood in a card shop togeather were both crying from most of the verses that we read, we walk out the shop eyes all red and sparkly from the tears!! im such a softy!

[harwood red]

<<sniff sniff>> Can I just say <<sniff>> how much I love you all <<sniff>> .

Well in the true theme of this thread I felt it had to be said!

[grannyclaret]

me too ...sorry if i said things to hurt ...

[Busman747]

Nice one Romps! We are all guilty at times of neglecting friends and family but tolerating strangers more but that is a timely reminder for us.