I had never seen a serviceman in a
military coffin before. Mark looked so handsome, so mature.
After the funeral, Mark's mother and
father found me. "We want to show you something," his father said.
"They found this on Mark when he was killed. We thought you might
recognize it." Hermes Outlet Online Opening a billfold, he carefully removed two worn and
frazzled pieces of notebook paper that had obviously been taped, folded and
refolded many times. I knew without looking that the pieces of paper were the
ones on which I had listed all the good things that Mark's classmates had said
about him. "Thank you so much for doing that." Mark's mother said.
"As you can see, Mark behaved better and better at school. It's all
because of you and your list."
Mark's classmates started to gather around
us. Coach Outlet Charlie smiled rather sheepishly and said, "I still have my list. It's
in the top drawer of my desk at home." Chuck's wife said, "Chuck
asked me to put this in our wedding album." "I have mine too,"
Marilyn said. "It's in my diary." Then Vicki, another classmate,
reached into her pocketbook, took out her wallet and showed her worn list to
the group. Hermes Outlet Online SK07 "I carry this with me at all times," Vicki said without
batting an eyelash. "I think we all saved our lists."
That's when I finally sat down and cried.
Sometimes the smallest things could mean
the most to others. The density of people in society is so thick that we forget
life will end one day and we don't know when that one day will be. Compliment the
people you love and care about, before it is too late.
