Saturday, December 24, 2011

What really matters in life

I know a woman who passed away at the age of late 80's. I went to her viewing and funeral. She was a wife, mother of 10 (no, that is not a typo; that's ten) and a grandmother of about 25. She was a simple woman who kept herself and life simple. She was born in a lower middle class family, did not attend college, and for a living, she took any employment. Her children had full lives and made good lives of their own. She was a happy smiley laughy woman and so her grandchildren loved her. MANY people had BEAUTIFUL eulogies to deliver. I CRIED at EVERY SINGLE one of them.

She was not a billionaire and was not a celebrity, but man, from the words friends, former co-workers, family members, etc said about her, I felt that she was worth a billion bucks and was world famous!

Character. I believe that is what really matters in life.