The Little Things That Matter

Todays Lesson: "The little things that matter. "
Immediately after Jake passed, I went through the house like a whirlwind getting rid of all medications, syringes, anything that had to do with Jake having Cancer. During this last week, I continue to find bad memories of that time in the form of drug receipts, alcohol sterilization pads, etc. I have gone through my filing cabinet removing anything not necessary anymore.
In the course of going through my filing cabinet, I came across a couple of things that I had forgotten about. The first, a present given to me from Jake when he was too young yet to write. Jake and I always had a thing about getting Slurpees. Anytime he was sick with a cold I would get him one and if I forgot he would say "I know something that would make me feel better" and then I would remember. This continued throughout his entire life and through his battle with the Cancer. It was an unwritten rule that if he wanted a Slurpee even at 11pm I would go and get him one. When he was very young he made me the cutout on the right and I have saved it
It is the little things that matter. It is the things you don't know will matter that matters. The Slurpee was just one of them. My prize was Jakes happiness which he outlined in the essay below, either when he was in Jr. or Senior high school. It is good to know that in his short time here on Earth that I was loved and nice to see it put into words. These are the things that make me happy and sad at the same time. Happy to know I made him happy, sad to know I cannot see him right now. Memories will have to do for now.

Click on the link:
http://www.intelligentsolutions.tv/jake/mydadthemoviestar.pdf