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Dear Reader,
In 1994 my son, Brian, was 16-years-old when he gave me a Mother's Day gift that's framed and hangs on the wall in my sunroom--the place where I do most of my writing. I was homeschooling my son at the time, including, once a week offering an English and creative writing class to Brian and three other homeschooled children. But reading, writing, and spelling were difficult subjects for my son. So he never looked forward to my class, like he did the electronics and robotic lessons his grandfather taught him twice a week. Constructing circuit boards and designing a soda pop assembly line in his bedroom, these were fun lessons and they came naturally to Brian.
Never the less, I kept plugging away. I remember feeling at the time, that it was hopeless. But what's a mother to do, but try? Reading and writing are still a challenge for my son, who's all grown up now and has children of his own. But sometimes trying is enough to make a lasting difference in someone's life.
This is the gift my son wrote and gave to me for Mother's Day in 1994.
"To struggle and fight for something, that you believe in, is to live. If you believe in nothing, then you have nothing.
You worked to teach me a gift, one that I will always cherish, till the day I die, but my gift will never die. It will live with all of those who read it.
You gave me more than a gift; you gave me remembrance after I die. For all who read my writings will remember me, and my gift will live on. It will be passed to generation, after generation. Till there is no one to remember.
Joy and happiness have been made by this gift, and to try to repay a debt as big as this would take a lifetime of trying. I will always think of you when I sit and take a pen and write, as I slowly fade into my world where my thoughts are contained."
Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.
Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
http://www.DearReader.com
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