And so it is...
This morning I am "riddled" with the echo of "wishing I had done more" in the moments I had them.
It's one thing to have to uncover your garden hose that is covered by inches of snow. It's another thing to realize along with another the awkward balance of leaving someone "alone" and always dropping a comment or encouragement.
In the exchange of remembering moments and things we've done, we were both thinking there was more we wanted to do...
But indeed, it was too late and all we could do was grimace and wish him peace.
It's hard when we lose family and friends. It's also hard when we lose neighbours or colleagues in our lives that we assume we can catch up with the "next" time we see them.
Perhaps, the time you see them is already the next, and perhaps...it's the moment you already promised to yourself to connect in.
Even harder still (in light of the days we are in at the moment), is realizing that we are already okay with the fact that they may die before you make that connection with them...
We put so much into honouring the dead and those who have passed on.
Let's honour those around us WHILE they are here and living.
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