Love Letter to a Friend

[kellycarr]

`So as I am sitting here, in the quiet of the early morning, I have come to a great philosophical conclusion about life.

I may not have fame and fortune. I may not live a charmed life. Every good deed I do may seem to come back and bite me in the ass.

But the thing is this: People who have fame and fortune, rarely do good in life People who lived charmed lives, go through them not knowing or caring what is real and genuine. And although I always get shot down, I never stop trying! Or giving.

Although we may not be the most popular, we may not be known throughout the world for our talents or our brains, and everything we do seems to blow up in our faces...when someone tells us that they care for us, we don't have to question whether it's genuine or not. We have been blessed with the ability to tell the difference. We may not have a LOT of friends, but the friends that we DO have, genuinely love us, for who we are, for they see the things inside of us, while others can't get past the things on the outside. They don't misinterpret or misunderstand what motivates us...as they "get" us. They see and appreciate our caring, understanding, generosity, humor, etc. And people REMEMBER us. Maybe not the members of our own "families", but the "family" we have created for ourselves, along the road of life.

And as I am thinking about all of this, I realize, there are people who will miss me, and remember me, when I'm gone. For my words, my deeds, my compassion, my talents, my friendship and my love. And that's the point of life. It's not how BIG an impact you make, it's that you DO make an impact...if even only on one person.

So I want you to know, you've made an impact on my life. You are a part of me. I appreciate your wonderful sense of humor, your generosity, your caring, your goodness...everything that goes into making up "you". And I would miss you every day, if you were gone. And I will wait for you, by the gates, if I go first.

©Kelly Carr 2007

[Mark]

Quite philosophical, Kelly. A nice piece. Are you a writer by profession, perchance, or is it just an avocation? Very nice indeed, in any case.

[kellycarr]

Thank you, Mark, it's just a hobby. Sometimes things happen, that just get inside my head, and it's easiest to "work through them" by writing them out. It's nice to have this forum as a place to test the waters.

[Mark]

Thanks, Kelly. We're glad you come, for whatever reason. Have you signed up for the newsletter by the way? We're not trying to sell anything, you just might find it interesting and we'd welcome your submissions...

[tarradiddle]

Just happened to be wandering through today and found this. It's amazing how you have put many of the thoughts that sometimes rattle around in my head (There's a lot of empty space up there) into such a nice composition.

I am always interested in Names and Genealogy. Carr caught my attention also. My grandmother's twin sister's marriage name was Carr. So I had several cousins named Carr. But all female so the name stopped in that branch. This was in Oswego, NY amd the twins and their parents immigrated from French-Canada. Just a note in case we had kin way back sometime.

[kellycarr]

No, sorry Mark, newsletters (neither reading, nor writing) are not my thing!

Tarradiddle, I was an MB (Military Brat), born to another MB, so the family really didn't have any roots, anywhere. Dad was an only child, as well, so I never knew any Carr relatives. As his parents both passed before I was old enough to remember them. I seem to remember Dad having said that my grandfather was originally from Iowa, or Idaho or somewhere there was farming. Sorry, I'm not much help to anyone this morning!