I have often wondered..............

I have often wondered why people just are not nice anymore. It takes no more effort to smile at someone than to frown. Introducing yourself to a neighbor doesn't cost anything. Being brave enough to stay open is tricky in today's paranoid society. Simple niceness isn't practiced much anymore. Offering to do a friend a favor, or a complete stranger for that matter. Cooking a new mother a meal so that she can concentrate on her new baby. Just a little thank you to a spouse that always has things under control. It really isn't difficult once you get into the practice of giving.

Our Song

I have often wondered how couples pick their "Song." It occurred to me recently that my husband's and my song is On the Dock of the Bay. I began to think about him, and it is the song that is most us, and it holds many memories of our marriage. We played it as new parents to quiet our newborn son many a night. My husband would put it on the stereo and sway with our son singing to him until he quieted. It is also the song for the holidays. My husband would put it on while I was in the kitchen slaving over holiday dishes that he loved. He would come up behind me, swaying with me to the music, until I would stop in the middle of my pie making to dance around the kitchen with him. Dock of the Bay is also a song of goodbye for us, he played it before he left for war, holding me close and telling me it would be all right, he would be back soon. So I am waiting for him to come home to play it again.