Regrets? I have a few

Although it has been nearly six months since my brother died, and I am busier than a one-armed paper hanger, I cannot get him off my mind. I regret not having spent more time with him every day of my life. I would give anything to just go fishing with him one more time. I would love to laugh with him and kid around with him like we have done all of our lives. It is like a nightmare to this very moment. I got a telephone call one night and he was gone. No time for goodbyes; no time to tell him just how much I loved him; no time to apologize to him for forgetting to meet him at the airport.

I was also thinking of my Mother this morning. She died suddenly one day with a brain hemorrhage. She had not been sick even for one day.
One afternoon I got a call and was told by my Father that my Mother was in a coma and that there was no hope for recovery. She died shortly thereafter and I did not even get a chance to tell her goodbye. It had been a couple of weeks since I had talked with her. It is hard to believe that it has been 23 years now since she passed away. She was one of those “special” people who could light up a room when she walked in.
She always had a big beautiful smile and was one of the most interesting, smart, fun people to talk to that I have ever been around.
I regret not having spent more time with her even until this very day.

I was thinking that it seems unfair for people to die suddenly. If I would have had some warning, if my brother or Mother had been seriously ill even for a very short while, I would have at least had time to tell them how much I love them and say goodbye. And then again if I would have been the person that I should have been, I would have MADE the time to spend with them and there would be no regrets of this nature. This will haunt me for the rest of my life.

We just never know when a loved one may be taken. If you don’t want to end up with regrets like me, stop and think about this for a moment. (I know that you are busy and your life is hectic. So was mine.) MAKE time to let those people who you love, know just how much you love them; TODAY, not tomorrow for only God knows what tomorrow will bring. There is a saying in Germany that where you have sunshine there will always be a shadow. Enjoy the sunshine of life, but prepare for the shadows that accompany it.

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Psalms 89:47
Remember how short my time
is…

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