I needed this one...

Thank you Tasha for sharing this one... I think that all of us need reminders sometimes what Family is. There are some people out there that I love dearly whom I hope have the chance to read this and get out of it what I have. I love you (you know who you are) and I can only hope regardless whatever harsh words have been thrown around these past few months that although we are hurt, we still have to possability if moving on. My family is the #1 most important thing in my life and I can't even express how torn up I have been inside knowing I am loosing mine. I want the three of you to know that I love you so much and I hope we can get through this. Blood is thicker than water and my life would never be complete with you in it. I once was told that when all else fails the one thing that you can always count on remaining is your family... because in the end, regardless of wrongs or rights... you can't change the blood you share or bond you share as a family.

NAIL IN THE FENCE

Make sure you read all the way down to the last sentence. (Most importantly the last sentence)

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His Father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.
The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence Over the next next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.
Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper.
The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone. The father took his son by the hand and led him to thefence He said, 'You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same.
When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there. ' A verbal wound is as bad as a physical one.Family and Friends are very rare jewels, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share words of praise and they always want to open their hearts to us.'