If I Only Had Just One More Day.........
Posted: Saturday, January 24, 2009
by Gary W. Halsey Sr.
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If you have ever lost a loved one, or an event that may have happened that didn't turn out as well as you would of liked, did you ever say "If I only had just one more day, or a little more time"? Well, this old boy sure has. More than once. I lost my mother a couple of years back, and I think about this. "If I Only Had Just One More Day With Her". Think about it, of all the loved ones that have gone, what would you do, if you could have just one more day with them knowing what was going to happen? I would do so much. It really made me think, and it is helping me to recognize what I need to say and do for all of my loved ones, that is so important to say or do RIGHT NOW!
Its like the old adage, "If I could just do it all over again". If I could just hold her in my arms, and tell her how beautiful she was, if I could only say, just one more time..."Mom, I love you, and you mean the world to me, and I will love you forever"! I started a little tradition, each work day, I send up balloons with messages on them saying "I love you mom, and rest in peace, your son, Gary". I do this most everyday! All of my friends at work are great, and very supportive, we all get balloons if we pass a corporate monitored call (we work in a call center for UPS), and everyone that I work with always donates their balloons to me, to send up with messages, for my mom and my Grandson Ethan Tuller, who also passed away and he was only three years of age! He passed away due to pulmonary hypertension. Just one more day..... What would I do ? What would I say?
To use the metaphor, "Life is to short", is a understatement. I am now realizing what I need to do with my loved ones who are still with me. My wife is my world, my life, and my soul mate, my children, not to mention grandchildren who are also my world, and I tell them as often as I can, or when I see them how much this dad or granddad really loves them. Even my mother in law who is going to be 87 years of age on Valentines day, I tell her how much I love her. You never know, how, when or where, they will leave you. It is important for this author and writer to let all of my loved ones know, they are my world. I miss my mom, her little crooked smile, her laughter, her wit. and how her eyes would narrow if I embarrassed her. I miss the vegetable soup she used to make that I loved so dearly, I can't make it like her....:(
Well, I don't have another day, they keep passing by, and all I can do is express myself as well as I can to those loved ones whom are with me. I want to be their legacy, their strong one, their role model, and I want them to remember me for WHO I am, those little special moments that we have all had together, the family get together, the banquets, the laughs, the tears, the butterfly kisses, I want them to remember it all....
"If I Only Had Just One More Day.........".
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Top-level comments on this article: (3 total)hi gary,i think what you are saying is so important.live for the day, so you have no regrets. say what's in your heart and on your mind, don't be shy or embarrassed. you never know. and at times, we need to be reminded of such, thanks for doing so,with best regards,sue thomSue,Thanks as always for your input and your comment, not to mention the fact I really appreciate your review of my article. I write from the heart, and consequently, my heart is usually "on my Sleeve"! My Mom and I were very close, and as the old saying goes, you only have one "Mom", there is no replacing her after she is gone. Thanks again for your kind words. Your friend in Pen......Gary..
Thankyou for the heart felt piece. I try and not waste a single day but I constantly find myself failing to achieve that goal. Hold them children and grand babies as tight as you can so one day, hopefully in the very, very far future, they may write such a wonderful article with you in mind as you've written this with your mother as your central lament.Thank you so much Myla for reading my article. As you can see, my heart is on my sleeve, I cannot help but miss the laughs we had, and her wisdom. I really like your work, and that is why I am a fan.....as always, your friend in pen, Gary.
As you know this subject is very near and dear to my heart being the one who lost her 3 year old son. What you have said is spot on. Life is short and if had not just one more day but one more second with my son would mean that I could touch him and tell him how much I love him. Great ArticleAlwaysTaniaAwwwwwwwww, I too feel your pain, and I will never ever forget the ones that have past, the only thing I have is the solice of knowing, that they are in a better place. I loved my grandson, I love them all. I will miss my mom, and Ethan dearly. (I sent up 20 balloons yesterday in their honor, all with messages)!! Thank you so much for reading my article, and I sincerely am sorry for your lost Tania.......thanks again. "Butterfly kisses".
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