March 30, 2014

This weekend, Don and I happened upon a Dan Rather interview with Carol Burnett on some cable channel. We both grew up watching the Carol Burnett show and have fond memories of it. She always made me laugh! It was a great interview about how she got her big break into show business. A wealthy businessman gave her $1,000 to move to New York in 1954 and try to make it as a performer. The catch was she could tell no one who gave her the money and she must pay it forward to someone else after she became famous. She also talked about her daughter who died from cancer at a young age. Near the end of her daughter's life, the nurses kept telling Carol that instead of helping her daughter, her daughter always brightened their day. Her daughter's response to that was, " every morning when I wake up I have to make a decision. I decide to love my life that day." 

Tomorrow I go back to work after a nice Spring Break. When that horrible alarm goes off I'm going to try to follow this example and tell myself to love my life this day!