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Fred Lebed sent me this e-mail last week. I asked if I could reprint it here.
Wednesday morning, I lost my best friend. She was also my best teacher of life and what is importantAfter 75 years, my Mom passed away after a very long year of struggle with lung cancer. […]
My Mom did things in a very quiet and unassuming way. Although, she was very methodic and had a true sense of purpose. She loved everyone, without bias or prejudice. Catherine Lebed’s real signature was not in how she signed her name. It was her smile. It was in how she smiled. It was real and shouted volumes on how she felt about the goodness in everyone. My Mom appreciated all the little pleasures life brings us every day. My parents were never wealthy in terms of monetary measure. But, their other bank accounts were bulging and measured in their goodness and how they treated everyone.
My Mom taught me how to enjoy those little things, how to be a loyal friend, how to acknowledge everyone that I meet in my routine day - - the restaurant server, the broom pusher, the hotel greeter, the cab driver and those people that I meet during the day that I most like will never, ever meet again.
She taught me that respect for one another is the bedrock of life and that there is no better exercise for the heart and soul as compassion. She taught me to appreciate. She taught me to smile - - and, mean it!
In remembrance of my Mom, I ask you to get to ask the name of someone today or over the weekend that you will never see again; say thank you to someone that very few people ever thank; to find some way to make someone’s day; and to smile when you would not ordinarily do so. And, mean it.
Thanks for listening.
- Fred
Note: In lieu of flowers or gifts, my family asks you to consider donations to be made to:
Rush University Medical Center – Dr. Bonomi Lung Cancer Research
1700 West Van Buren Street, Suite 250
Chicago, Illinois 60612
posted by Rich Miller
Monday, Jun 5, 06 @ 11:31 am
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