When you lose someone you love intensely, you learn to grasp every moment, memory with a tight fisted grip. I didn't know that my last texts from Todd, would be the ones that I will cherish forever. I didn't know that last conversation would be the deepest memory of his voice I hold in my heart. I didn't know that those pictures from Christmas would become the image I hold forever in my mind's eye. Thankfully, the Lord gave us those moments, and I have them forever in my heart.
We don't know when our last moments with our loved ones will come. Our loss has caused me to count each moment even more precious. Some days I just work 2 floors above Kevin's office, yet I impress his grinning face into my mind as we part in the morning. I want to have those "last" moments, be right moments.
If you love deeply, tell that person, show that person. Take the times you have to fill them with goodness. I know that life isn't perfect, and there are days when frustrations and anger overtake our hearts. I also know that we are not promised more memories. We have the ones we are creating now. Some day those will be the last.
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