“Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation,
one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever?
If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days,
and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.”
(Mitch Albom, For One More Day)

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Last night, I dreamt of my parents. It was short but sweet.
After talking to my sister who was handwashing clothes outside, I was heading towards our house and there they were, my mother and my father standing at the terrace, waving at me, smiling happily. They told me to never worry about them because they are already happy where they are. I don’t know why I didn’t run to them. Instead, I ran back to my sister and excitedly told her what happened, asking, “Did you see? Did you see them?!!” She was smiling for she saw them as well, then she pointed at another direction. They told her something that I don’t remember now. I actually don’t remember anything from the dream anymore after that. But I am happy. I remember feeling happy, and I woke up happy.
It’s been a while since I saw them together in my dreams again. The first times, I was reprimanding my father for touching the cake on the table after my mother told him not to (I wanted him to stop so she wouldn’t get mad, but he didn’t so she did get mad). The next times, I saw them separately, but sometimes, I felt like just a viewer watching TV. Most times, they didn’t say anything or smile, which always bothered me in my waking hours. Twice, I dreamt of my mother and what did I do? I reprimanded her, then woke up guilty, and worse, sorry for not spending those precious times well with her instead. I was particularly bothered by this.
Mitch Albom said it exactly. We can’t turn back the time, we can’t go back to those days when our dearly departed were still with us. “Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever?” That is exactly what I feel. That is why I was very glad for that dream last night, especially since it’s my mother’s birthday this Saturday. Most especially, because they smiled, at last.
I know that you already know the wise advice that while the people special to us are still here, we should be able to show them how much they mean to us. My advice is to not forget it and to stick to it. Life is really short. Let us not go through our lives wishing for days that are forever lost…

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Beautiful post–it gave me chills. And yet…reading it, I know I’m not yet at the point I can have that conversation I would regret not having…I wonder what’s the hump that stops people from doing so?
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We just don’t want to be bothered by feelings sometimes, I guess. We take people for granted, not thinking that one day, it just might be too late.
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One reason I am glad I was my mother’s home hospice nurse those last 6 weeks of her life. Thanks visit my blog.
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You’re very much welcome! Thanks for visiting as well. I, too, was my mother’s main caregiver.
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Dreams are a great way to reconnect with lost loved ones. Who knows – maybe there really is some contact in the dream world. I’d like to think that, at least.
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I’d like to think that, too 🙂
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🙂
nabasa mo na ba yung ‘for one more day’?
angganda nun 🙂
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Opo tsaka I have a copy. Kaya ko nga nakuha ang quote. Ang di ko pa nabasa ay ‘yung most recent book niya.
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This post is amazing. Life is short and let’s not leave ourselves wishing …
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Thanks…The funny/weird thing was, I wanted to complete a draft I’ve been saving to post. This is the only time I’ve had to actually spend more time online again, so I was irritated to find–well, NOT FIND, actually…I couldn’t find the draft here AT ALL. But it was a blessing in disguise when I remembered who I dreamt of last night. Even when I Googled for images, those quoted images were perfect!
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Looks like things fell in the right place. Maybe that lost draft would be found on some other day.
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Well, I hope so. I do want to post it, even if the contents are kind of random. In fact, they’re random because I am saying there that they will have to do for now while I am not able to create a proper post…Now here I am posting a proper post…Heee….
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What was it about?
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Random stuff, really 🙂
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Well,find that draft asap. 😉
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Will try to! Don’t even know how it’s possible that it’s missing. It may not have saved the latest additions, but it’s been a draft for days!!! Hopefully, i didn’t delete it by accident.
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Well,you could always try remember it and rewrite it.
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I do remember. But have you ever had the feeling that you already liked the way you made or did something and then it got lost and ruined, and now you cannot simply recreate because the satisfaction with the original would be lost? I’m weird like that…I’ll check first if I can find it.
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I can understand.
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Keep your fingers crossed 😉
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Crossed Ma’am. 😉
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LOL!!!!
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Here’s MY MISSING RANDOM POST!!!
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