IF TOMORROW STARTS WITHOUT ME

A few weeks ago a woman was killed in an auto accident. She was very well liked, so the office shut down for her funeral and it was on the news and so on. On the day the workers came back to work, they found this poem in their e-mail that the deceased woman had sent on Friday before she left for home.

"If tomorrow starts without me,
And I'm not there to see,
If the sun should rise and find your eyes
all filled with tears for me;

I wish so much you wouldn't cry
the way you did today,
While thinking of the many things,
We didn't get to say.

I know how much you love me,
As much as I love you,
And each time that you think of me,
I know you'll miss me too;

But when tomorrow starts without me,
Please try to understand,
that an angel came and called my name,
And took me by the hand,

And said my place was ready,
In heaven far above,
And that I'd have to leave behind
all those I dearly love.

But as I turned to walk away,
A tear fell from my eye,
For all my life, I'd always thought,
I didn't want to die.

I had so much to live for,
So much left yet to do,
it seemed almost impossible,
that I was leaving you.

I thought of all the yesterdays,
The good ones and the bad,
I thought of all that we shared,
And all the fun we had.

If I could relive yesterday,
Just even for a while,
I'd say good-bye and kiss you
and maybe see you smile.

But then I fully realized,
That this could never be,
For emptiness and memories,
would take the place of me.

And when I thought of worldly things,
I might miss some tomorrow,
I thought of you, and when I did,
My heart was filled with sorrow.

But when I walked through heaven's gates,
I felt so much at home.
When God looked down and smiled at me,
>From His great golden throne,

He said, "This is eternity,
And all I've promised you."
Today your life on earth is past,
but here life starts anew.

I promise no tomorrow,
But today will always last,
and since each day is the same way,
There's no longing for the past.

So when tomorrow starts without me,
don't think we're far apart,
For every time you think of me,
I'm right here, in your heart "

Send this to all those you care about..and back to the one who sent it because you never know what's going to happen tomorrow...

Show them how you care, before it's too late...

May God watch over you and your family now and always.
There is no right time to do the wrong thing.....
there is no wrong time to tell someone you care.

PIECE OF ADVICE

God made woman from man's rib --
not from his head to top him,
nor from his feet to be walked upon;
but from his side to be his partner in life,
from under his arm to be protected by him,
and from near his heart to be loved by him.

IL POSTINO By Pablo Neruda

13. If you forget me (The verses of the captain)

I want you to know one thing
you know how this is
if I look at the crystal moon
at the red branch of the slow autumn at my window,
If I touch near the fire the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log.
Everything carries me to you, as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals, or little boats
that sail towards those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well now, if little by little you stop loving me,
I shall stop loving you, little by little.
If suddenly you forget me, do not look for me
for I shall already have forgotten you.
If you think at long and mad the wind banners that passes through my life
and you decide to leave me at the shore of the heart where I have roots,
remember than on that day, at that hour I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off to seek another land.

But if each day each hour
you feel that you are destined for me with implacable sweetness.
If each day a flower climbs up to your lips to seek me, ah my love,
ah my own, in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love beloved,
and as long as you live in will be in your arms without leaving mine.

CHECK UP

My Mom came from the province for her check up, I picked her up early this afternoon from the bus terminal and I was relieved to find out that the swelling on her foot has subsided, apparently the swell is due to high uric acid. Her doctor told her that she's doing ok and that she just have to continue taking the medicines she had prescribed 2 weeks ago.

Her next tests will be done on November, I hope everything will be normal by then.

I get worried whenever a parent is not feeling well. I'm not used to seeing them sick or not feeling well. My parents are the hardworking type and they don't want to have idle time. However, since they are not really getting younger, I know at times they feel like doing something but their strength can't do it anymore due to their age.

I always say a prayer that they always be in their tip top shape. I want them to experience the life I want them to have - the comforts of living.And as of the moment, I'm still in the process of getting there. I just hope by the time I can already give the luxuries in life to them, they are still there to appreciate them.

With HOPE, PRAYER & FAITH nothing is impossible!

AMEN!

HAPPY

It's a wonderful way to start the month, it's the first of September and we found out the good news quite early in the morning - we hit the target for last month and it was the all time low so far! What a way to start the day and month!

Actually, not all teams within the department was able to meet their targets but as a whole our delinquency rate is the lowest so far. Only my 90dpd team was really able to make it and there's 60dpd team who almost made it.But the most important thing of all is that as a team we were able to pull through and teamwork made it all happen.

I'll be having a dinner with my agency on Monday as promised and also to show my appreciation for a job well done. I know this is just the beginning. I'm so looking forward to more successful attempts to hit the target monthly.