Letters of the heart...

Today's Angel...

Working in Human Resources most of my life has provided me the opportunity to be part of the lives of other in ways that only few are allowed.  I know family secrets, demons, successes and everything else imaginable.  It was just the nature of the position.  In 2004 I met an older lady that had come to work at the same company.  She had previously worked in an administrative position for a prominent figure in our community. Her life had recently took some sharp corners that led her to our company and what would appear from the outside as a "lower" position.  She had suffered from the recent loss of her daughter to suicide and in our talks I came to feel her pain.  I wrote her a little note of encouragement and this was her response to me.  It changed my perspective on how valuable words on a page could be.  I didn't know if I did the right thing when I initially wrote my note....but this answered my doubt. It was right and it mattered!  I needed the reminder that we each have the opportunity to do great works no matter how seemingly small at the moment. They could be so much more to someone else. 

If You Leave Me...

It was either 1998 or 1999. My oldest son Anthony was around 7 years old when he wrote this to me. It warms my heart and saddens me a little at the thought of what turmoil he must have felt with his own feelings when he wrote this.