EMAILS

I 've always loved receiving long emails, especially ones that truly tell me how that person is feeling and their cares about how I've been doing. I haven't received a really touching, long email in quite awhile, I guess schoolwork has piled up and a lot of my friends have been busy. Today I received two really loving emails.

The first one came from my mom. Since my parents had gone on a cruise, I had gone home for most of the week and cleaned, cooked and so on. One of the things I wanted to do to surprised them was to clean their room (mind you, my house is really messy!) When they came back, I was so happy. I really didn't remember that I had done that, and I wasn't looking to gain credit for doing something that I should have been doing. But my mom texted me and emailed me mentioning that she was thankful I had cleaned their room. Honestly, it's something I should be doing for my parents, but it made me happy that she was happy. She emailed me earlier today telling me how she was sorry that sometimes she and my Dad lost patience with me and Sharon, she told me about how scared my parents were about Sharon's back condition and surgery, my appendix surgery. She talked about how she always prays to God to give her patience and love as a parent. She even told me about how my Dad used to write her love letters (Aw). Most of all, she emphasized walking and being with God, that no matter what I should remember he is my master and creator. Sometimes I forget that my parents are human too, they truly make me wonder that if my parents are this loving and caring then how much more loving is my heavenly father. A lot of times, I rely on my parents too much, knowing they will take care of me when in fact, as they are getting older I'm the one who needs to take care of them. As the gray hairs on my dad's head keeps multiplying, and the walking pace of my mom continues to slow, I'll be the one who needs to watch their diet and health. Maybe this won't be for awhile, but it's always good to start, always good to let your parents know how much you appreciate them.

Another email I received was from an away student in Boston. I haven't spoken much to any of my high school friends, and just reading her email made me really glad of the fact that she was thinking about me. She told me how much she appreciated me as a friend, and that just put such a warm feeling in my heart. I know a lot of times we take friends for granted too, especially ones we see everyday and for me I had taken for granted many friends in high school. I think college has really taught me how to appreciate my friends more, I'm so glad God placed these people in my life to watch over me.

I guess today I didn't do as much loving, as much I had been receiving love. But love is also something we give and take, and experiencing love make me want it to overflow into everything that I do.