This little gem comes to us from Lady and The Tramp. In the movie, she tells this to Jim Dear after he makes the comment about seeing "less and less of those annoying headlines" in the newspaper.
Have you ever had someone like that? Someone who is always there for you and loves you unconditionally, and possibly gives great advice even if you don't always want to take it? It could be your signifigant other, your soulmate, a friend or even a parent. Whoever you picture, could you picture your life without them?
I have several people in my life that are like that and I cannot picture my life without them, even when distance seperates us. The biggest person that fits this quote is my mom. It's no secret that I'm adopted (and proud of it!). If it weren't for my mom adopting me when I was born, I'm not sure what my life would be like. Though the question of where would I be if I wasn't adopted by the best parents in the world has popped up in my mind on more than one occasion, usually during times of doubt, my mom always manages to quickly squash that thinking even when she's not aware that I'm thinking it and I'm quickly reminded how blessed I am to have her. She's always made sure I have felt wanted and loved and knew from the start I was adopted and why I was. She also made sure I knew that my biological parents loved me enough to give me up with the hopes of a better life. Heck my favorite bedtime story was never one of the classics but rather how they got me because of the warmth and love that mom wove into it. So I've never felt any bad feelings towards them, though I've always wondered if I've got any siblings out there and if they'd love my mom and dad as much as I do. Even though I'm in my 30s, I can still go to mom with anything. Bad day at work? Call mom and vent. Great day at work? Call mom and happily tell her. Need help with something? Call mom and she'll help fix it the best she can from afar (or say call dad if she can't lol). Want to find my biological parents? She'll be there when I choose to go look, even though I know part of her fears that I'll love them more than her or leave (which won't ever happen I can assure you mom!). I can go to her for anything and she'll be there! She's been my biggest rock out there when I've wanted to crumble and fall apart. Yet knowing she's rooting for me and is always there even when I don't always want to talk helps keep me going on some days. I can safely say I cannot picture my life without her.
I also cannot picture my life without my dad either. Though I don't confide in him as often as my mom, he still is willing to make a lot of sacrifices to keep me and my little (also adopted) sister happy and safe. He also treats my mom with such love, care and respect. We have such a great example of how a marriage and home-life should be because of him and my mom. Growing up he would take trips overseas with his work and then bring us back sweets and coins from the various countries he visited and let us kids have them. He also had a way of keeping his work-life apart from his home-life so we never knew what exactly his role at work was just that he was the head supervisor of his work location and he'd be home in time for dinner. When it came time for me and my sister to drive, he always kept our cars in tune and made sure we knew how to check the oil, fill some of the fluids and how to change a tire. Everything else, he does when we're near. Being out on my own and away from him makes me look back on those days with great fondness because I don't have a mechanic nearly as good as he is! Hopefully my future husband will be as great a mechanic as he is (or knows someone who is)! Anything that's broken he fixes. Thankfully I picked this trait up from him. If it breaks, I try to fix it! I can't picture my life without him either!
Hopefully you have someone just as wonderful as I have in both my parents in your lives. If you find someone like my wonderful parents, never let them go and cherish every moment you have with them for they are the rare gems of the world.
Until next time! Keep Cooking with Character!
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