What would you say?

I really don't want to write tonight but I have to get this out....It has bounced around in my head all day. We lost another friend this week. She was a great inspirations and very kind to all she came in contact with. She made her life a life of caring for and teaching children. She helped lead our school district and was always someone who support us as teachers. She lost her fight with cancer yesterday and went to join those who have gone ahead of us. It was said that one of her girls stated, "God needed her to get the school district in heaven organized." That is something she could do easily!

The thing that keeps me awake at night right now is her girls. She fought for over a year trying to beat this killer. She stayed positive and encouraged others as she could. I can not imagine the shoes she had to walk in these past few months. She knew the fight was over. She knew the time had come. She knew her days were becoming fewer and she knew she would soon leave her girls behind. I use to think about how others would feel loosing a parent but now I put myself in that parent role. What would I want to say to my girls before I left them? What would I need to tell them? How do you prepare your daughters to go forward in life without their mother?

I know some other girls who never had the opportunity to hear those words from their momma because she was taken suddenly. I know she would have wanted to give them some words of love and guidance if she had had the chance. These girls didn't get that chance either to tell their momma how they loved her. If only they had had that chance.

So what would you say? If you had only a few days...hours...left, what would you want to say to those you love the most? Your spouse? Your children? Your parents?

We never know when it will come.....don't hold back the words that you need to say...