“Appreciate what you have while you have it, because one day you won’t” This quote by Robert Tew claims to appreciate you you have, and use the time wisely, because one day, that thing will be gone. In this story, the readers reads different stories that each tell the reader to appreciate the things you have while they are still around you. One example is the Sager kids. “Catherines father soon caught a fever and grew weaker and weaker, and he died. Less than a month later, her mother got sick and later died”(36). The Sagers were a very loving family who loved each other. When the parents died, the kids lost everything they had. One can see that one day, the things we have will be gone, and we have to be with them while they are with us. “Texas