Fw: Fw: FW: Women's History Month from where the suffragettes started the m...

["Celia Krall" <celiak@pcrs.net>]

Ida, I sent this one to everyone - men and women.

Ridecampers, apologize for being off subject, but this one is relevant to
everyone alive.


<< > ~~ In honor of women's history month
 >         and in memory of Erma Bombeck
 >         who lost her fight with cancer.
 >         Here is an angel sent to watch over
 >         you ...
 >       
 >                 * . * (\ *** /) * .
 >                   * * ( \(_)/ ) *  *
 >                    *   (_/ \_) . *
 >                 .   *   /___\ * . *
 >       
 >       
 >         IF I HAD MY LIFE TO LIVE OVER
 >         by Erma Bombeck
 >       
 >         I would have talked less and
 >         listened more.
 >       
 >         I would have invited friends over to
 >         dinner even if the carpet was
 >         stained and the sofa faded.
 >       
 >         I would have eaten the popcorn in
 >         the "GOOD" living room and
 >         worried much less about the dirt
 >         when someone wanted to light a fire
 >         in the fireplace.
 >       
 >         I would have taken the time to
 >         listen to my grandfather ramble
 >         about his youth.
 >       
 >         I would never have insisted the car
 >         windows be rolled up on a
 >         summer day because my hair had just
 >         been teased and sprayed.
 >       
 >         I would have burned the pink candle
 >         sculpted like a rose before it
 >         melted in storage.
 >       
 >         I would have sat on the lawn with my
 >         children and not worried
 >         about grass stains.
 >       
 >         I would have cried and laughed less
 >         while watching television and
 >         more while watching life.
 >       
 >         I would have gone to bed when I was
 >         sick instead of pretending the
 >         earth would go into a holding
 >         pattern if I weren't there for the
 >         day.
 >       
 >         I would never have bought anything
 >         just because it was practical,
 >         wouldn't show soil or was guaranteed
 >         to last a lifetime.
 >       
 >         Instead of wishing away nine months
 >         of pregnancy, I'd have
 >         cherished every moment realizing
 >         that the wonderment growing inside
 >         me was the only chance in life to
 >         assist God in a miracle.
 >       
 >         When my kids kissed me impetuously,
 >         I would never have said,
 >         "Later.  Now go get washed up for
 >         dinner."
 >       
 >         There would have been more "I love
 >         yous" ... more "I'm sorrys"
 >       
 >         .....but mostly, given another shot
 >         at life, I would seize every
 >         minute.....look at it and really see
 >         it ... live it ... and never
 >         give it back. >>

> 
	We Ridecampers would have gone riding, even if.....
>