For as long as I could remember, I'd wake up to "Have a Nice Day". It happened every breakfast and it became part of the morning. Without a word spoken, I was told to "Have a Nice Day". In fact, a day wouldn't go by without it. Of course, when I went off to college and then even living on my own, it wasn't there everyday, but I made sure I said it everyday. It brought a smile in my heart and I know that it does for others too.
Now I have my own family and my own house and now I am back to waking up to "Have a Nice Day". And will it have the same the meaning for my kids... probably not but I will continue to tell them everyday.
Today marks a day that changed my life forever... a day of sadness and a day of loss... but when I look back at my life since that day I can't help but be grateful for everything I have... I am married to a wonderful man (who certainly has his faults-- but who doesn't), I live closer to my family and share in memories with them, I have a nice home and a great job, and two beautiful and wonderful and HEALTHY children that I would die for... and I think of that day of sadness and day of loss and think my angel is with us all the time... and although I wish that day had never come, I know that she tells me everyday to "Have a Nice Day".
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Erica,
I know all too well what that feeling of loss is like. I also understand the feeling that an angel is with us when our loved one no longer can be.
What wonderful memories you have and a tradition to pass on to your own children.
It is so easy to forget that a simple phrase can reach out and touch our hearts.
So, to you I say...Have a Nice Day!
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