RELAY REFLECTIONS I am tired. I smell. My feet hurt. My eyes feel like frit, and my head is pounding from lack of sleep....but I am grateful. I have all of my body parts with which I was born. I have all of my hair. I didn’t lose my breakfast in a bucket. I can hold my children. My house is a wreck. My car is full of junk. My children are exhausted, hunger and dirty…. but I am grateful. I can clean my house and my care. I can bather my children and feed them supper. I can read them a book and rock them to sleep while filling myself up with their clean little smells and my arms with warmth. I will collapse in my bed tonight and pray for all the people we raised money for through Relay For Life. And, I will cry for all the people we were too late to help. I will give thanks for every minute of my life and for all the blessings in it. I will never ask myself why I wear myself out raising money for cancer because I know why. It’s not for mom, who is a cancer survivor, or for friends who have died from cancer, or even my husband and children. I do it because…..I can. Kay Horton, Carroll County, GA
Posted on: Sat, 15 Jun 2013 22:13:29 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015