Paulette's blog: "My Ramblings"

I have only recently become a fan of the TV show Extreme Home Makeover.

I always thought the show just went around and picked people who needed
home repairs done.
Boy was I wrong! The older episodes come on CMT
every day.
Almost each one is a family who has had some form of tragedy
happen to them (which is why they need help).
I cry every day when I
watch it.
Most people ask me why I watch it if it's sad and makes me
cry? Well..because even though it's sad, it ends happy..or bittersweet
at times. It feels cleansing.
The show I watched today was
bittersweet..a dying mans wish was granted..and he literally passed
within days of seeing his dream come true.
Sadly he never made it out
of the hospital to actually see the home that was built for his family.

But he was awake and aware that it was being done.
His wife said that
he would live on in the house long after his passing..his spirit would
be there. And she didn't mean as ghost spirit..but the essence of him.

As I sat on the floor glued to the TV tears made familiar trails down
my cheeks. My kids both watching silently with me..and neither of them
asked why I was crying.
I suppose they felt the same pain the family
was feeling..of the kids who just lost their dad.
I sat and watched and
thought...what incredible beings we humans are.
Each one of us so
different and special. Some of us give all we have to give..and others
take all they can take. Some of us are kind and generous.
Others are
selfish and greedy.
Some of us love to the point of being taken for
granted. Others never really learn to love at all.
Some of us trust to the
point of being made a fool.
Others lie because it's easier than telling
the truth.Yet we all possess a spirit.. the spirit of a human is an
incredible thing.
It can be lifted, renewed, revived, or broken,
crushed and killed. I would know for I have experienced them all.
But
somehow I always bounce back..what does that say of my spirit?