Love Poem: If It Isn'T Broke -- Don'T Fix It - Both Audio and Text
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Written by: Mark Stellinga

If It Isn'T Broke -- Don'T Fix It - Both Audio and Text

I now understand what my father was trying to make me see.

                               If It Isn’t Broke...Don’t Fix It!



Every Wednesday afternoon, in Boston, Massachusetts, for almost sixty-seven years my mom and dad went out.
They always walked, unless the night was really cold and windy, and only now I’ve come to see what this was all about.

Dad would always tell me, “Son, DeMarco’s Family Deli serves the best lasagna in the world…and this I know.”
This frequent comment always drove me nuts because, you see…DeMarco’s was the only place my folks would ever go!

“If it isn’t broke…don’t fix it,” was his favorite saying. “We love their great lasagna. We don’t need to check around.” 
Another line he liked to use was, “Why continue searching when what you have been looking for already has been found?”

Now that I am older…and, of course, a little wiser…I understand the concept he was trying to convey.                                                                                                                All he really cared about was being with my mother…and going out together…in their special little way.


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Cheers,
Mark