Tell the people closest to you...

[Grant H.]

Be sure to tell your loved ones that you love them daily.

A good friend of mine dropped dead of a heart attack in Texas a couple nights ago. No warning, just said he didn't feel quite right and then hit the ground. He was an experienced ER Nurse, and even he didn't know what was happening. His wife and daughter had no clue that they weren't going to talk to him again.

Seeing Bob's thread about health issues, it can happen to anyone at anytime.

I'd be perfectly happy to find out that no one else needs this reminder, but I know I do on occasion.

[SideShow Bob]

Grant is right, tell the people closest to you what you mean to them frequently. They or you are too soon gone.

[StagLefty]

At my age I remind everyone close to me every time I see them or I'm in contact with them what they mean to me.

[rondog]

Some people don't WANT to know what they mean to me.....

[MarkCO]

Good reminder.

[Skip]

Sorry about your friend Grant. You are 100% right... when it's time, it's time.

[BlasterBob]

We are all living on “BORROWED” time. Since I will soon hit birthday number 82, I well know that one of these days I am going to take the big trip. Last week I did make a trip to my range to fire off a few .50BMG rounds. On the last shot, my ear protector on my right side apparently pulled away from my ear by about a quarter of an inch. My right ear is still ringing. Take good care of yourselves.[blaster]

[KS63]

I kiss and say “I love you” to both my wife and only son as they are still asleep when I leave for work.

[Mazin]

I lost my Mom at the begining of the year and one of the hardest things to overcome (besides the would've and should've) is to not be able to hug her anymore. Hold and Express your love to the ones who matter most in your life because they can be gone before you know it

[Doc45]

Grant, very sorry for your loss.


At my age I remind everyone close to me every time I see them or I'm in contact with them what they mean to me.

In 2003 at 47 I had a heart attack at roughy 2:30am. I was able to call 911, woke up my then 15 year old son to have him unlock the front doors and then call his mother to come pick him up. As soon as I got to the ER I insisted they call my older son who was at UNC in Greeley so I could hear his voice. Obviously I recovered but have since had more very serious health issues.

I tell them every day, even if it’s by text, how much they mean to me. Never miss a chance.

[cstone]

If you were to die tonight, where do you believe you will wake up?

If you don't believe anything follows this life, I will pray for you. Whether you want me to or not.

Job 14 New Life Version (NLV)

Job Keeps On Talking—Death Is Sure
14 “Man who is born of woman lives only a short time and is full of trouble. 2 He grows up and dries like a flower. He leaves like a shadow and does not stay. 3 You open Your eyes on him and decide about him. 4 Who can make clean what is unclean? No one! 5 A man’s days are numbered. You know the number of his months. He cannot live longer than the time You have set. 6 So now look away from him that he may rest, until he has lived the time set for him like a man paid to work.

7 “For there is hope for a tree, when it is cut down, that it will grow again, and that its branches will not stop growing. 8 Its roots grow old in the ground, and the base of the tree dies in the dry ground. 9 But with water it will grow. Branches will grow from it like a plant. 10 But man dies and is laid low. Man dies, and where is he? 11 As water goes into the air from the sea, and the river wastes away and dries up, 12 so man lies down and does not get up again. Until the heavens are no more, he will not wake up or come out of his sleep.

13 “If only You would hide me in the place of the dead! If only You would hide me until Your anger is past, and set a time for me and remember me! 14 If a man dies, will he live again? I will wait all the days of my trouble until a change comes. 15 You will call and I will answer You. You will wait for the work of Your hands. 16 For now You number my steps. You do not write down my sin. 17 My sin is locked up in a bag. You cover my wrong-doing.

18 “But the mountain falls and breaks apart to nothing. The rock moves from its place. 19 Water wears away the stones. Its floods wash away the dust of the earth. So You destroy man’s hope. 20 You have power over him forever, and he leaves. You change what he looks like and send him away. 21 His sons receive honor, but he does not know it. Or they lose honor, but he does not see it. 22 His body gives him pain, and he has sorrow only for himself.”

Be safe.

[rbeau30]

Nice thread. We are all Terminal. Sometimes it is good to be reminded that we have to stop going through the busy day to day activities, and spend time with the people and things that really matter in our life.

[Delfuego]

Thanks Grant. Sorry to hear about your friend. Happened to my brother. There one day gone the next. Take care.

[TFOGGER]

One of my friends passed unexpectedly last weekend. He was 2 years younger than I. I always tell my wife I love her when I leave the house, because anything can happen at any time.

[Gman]

I always tell my wife I love her when I leave the house, because anything can happen at any time.
This, and it's also how I end phone calls/emails/texts with my wife and family. You never know when it's the last time you ever get the chance.

[wctriumph]

All the time, every day ...

Sorry about your friend.