--------------------- Forwarded message: From: [email protected] (Heidi Weatherston) Sender: [email protected] Reply-to: [email protected] (Heidi Weatherston) To: [email protected] Date: 97-08-19 03:12:06 EDT I was going to, but... There wasn't Time by Erma Bombeck Time. It hangs heavy for the bored, eludes the busy, flies by for the young and runs out for the aged. Time. We crave it. We curse it. We kill it. We abuse it. Is it a friend? Or an enemy? We know very little about it. To know it at all, to know its potential, perhaps we should view it through a filter called memories. When I was young, Mama was going to read me a story and I was going to turn the pages and pretend I could read. But she had to wax the bathroom and there wasn't time. When I was young, Daddy was going to come to school and watch me in a play. I was the fourth Wise Man (in case one of three got sick), but he was having his car tuned and there was no time. When I was young, Grandma and Granddad were going to come for Christmas to see the expression on my face when I got my first bike, but Grandma didn't know who she could get to feed the dogs and Granddad didn't like the cold weather and, besides, they didn't have the time. When I was older, Dad and I were going fishing one weekend, just the two of us, and we were going to pitch a tent and fry fish with the heads on them. But at the last minute he had to fertilize the garden and there wasn't time. When I was older, the whole family was always going to pose together for out Christmas card. But my brother had ball practice, my sister had her hair up, Dad was watching the Colts and Mom had to mop the kitchen. There wasn't time. When I grew up and left home to be married, I was going to sit down with Mom and Dad and tell them I loved them and would miss them. But hank (he was our best man and a real clown) was honking the horn in front of the house, so there wasn't time. (condensed from Newsday--Nov. 17, 1971) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SPIRIT Mailing List for LDS-oriented spiritual thoughts, items and stories For assistance, contact [email protected] http://seminary.org/spirit/