A lot of people take something’s in life for granted. Something’s people do just carelessly; some people will never have the chance to do. You never know what you have until its gone. My grandma died 2 summers ago. No one expected it. It just kind of happened. I wish I had the chance to tell her I loved her one last time. This last summer to the month and date from when my grandma was taken from us my grandpa died. Everyone was shocked. It really didn’t hit me right away, because it was impossible for him to be fine one minute, then not the next. I never got the chance to say goodbye or that I love him either. Which I know that they are in a better place, it still hurts that there was so much I wanted to tell them. I wanted them to be at my graduation, I wanted them to see me beat my dig record, I wanted them to see me at my senior prom, I wanted them to see me get married. I don’t think that people realize how lucky they are to have families that love them and care about them.
I fully agree that people do take things for granted, whether its people or possessions.
ReplyDeleteAnd I can kind of relate to you.. In April my grandpa was diagnosed with cancer and told that he didn't have very much time left. And it was all downhill from there. At first you couldn't really tell, it hadn't affected him at all yet. He was still his old self, cracking jokes and messing around with the grandkids. But soon he could only sit in his chair and visit. And it eventually got to the point where the hospital bed replaced the couch. My family and I went down and visited him every weekend, usually spending all day Sunday sitting next to the bed and talking to him. And in that time period I learned so many new things about his life that I had never before known. He passed away in early July. But the difference is, is that I got to say one last goodbye. I struggled with what to say because it had gotten to the point where he couldn't respond back, so I just stuck with the simple I love you.
I am obviously so grateful for getting the chance to say that, but I feel like even if I hadn't gotten to say that, he still would have known that I love him and appreciate everything he had done. Because as people say, actions speak louder than words. So it was the phone call or the lunch date or the hug that really mattered. So even though you didn't get the chance to say one last goodbye, I'm sure they still know. And I fully believe that one day we will see them again.