Got this in an email: If I am gone tomorrow

[mfcorey1]

JUST IN CASE I'M GONE TOMORROW....

One day a woman's husband died, and on that clear, cold morning, in the warmth of their bedroom, the wife was struck with the pain of learning that sometimes there isn't "anymore". No more hugs, no more special moments to celebrate together, no more phone calls just to chat, no more "just one minute." Sometimes, what we care about the most gets all used up and goes away, never to return before we can say good-bye, say "I love you."

So while we have it, it's best we love it, care for it, fix it when it's broken and heal it when it's sick. This is true for marriage.....And old cars... And children with bad report cards, and dogs with bad hips, and aging parents and grandparents. We keep them because they are worth it, because we are worth it.

Some things we keep -- like a best friend who moved away or a sister-in-law after divorce. There are just some things that make us happy, no matter what. Life is important, like people we know who are special.. And so, we keep them close!

Suppose one morning you never wake up, do all your friends know how you really feel? The important thing is to let every one of your friends know your true feelings, even if you think they don't love you back. So just in case I'm gone tomorrow, please, please, vote against that asshole Mitt Romney.

[a geek named Bob]

1. Consider it done. N/T

[lovemydog]

2. I'll early vote tomorrow.

I promise.

[awake]

3. My wife My daughter & I voted yesterday

In a swing state!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

4. So while we have it...

SO important.

I LIVE to vote against that flaming asshole.

And I always tell my family and close friends how much I love them...

[davsand]

5. Our county clerk made a similar observation to me when I early voted last week.

I'm paraphrasing, but it was something along the lines of, "I always early vote just in case I get hit by a car or something..." Made me laugh.

And, yes, I always tell my family and friends I love them. I lost a dear friend unexpectedly years ago and I carry regret to this day that the last thing she heard me say was a phone message giving her a raft of crap for not being home to take my call.



Laura

[roguevalley]

9. we said i love you every night. make your last words beautiful

[mailman82]

6. Did it today,and all the Dems in Ohio!

[SmileyRose]

7. beautiful post on many levels

Thank

[freshwest]

8. I just met with my dearest friends to celebrate my child's birthday. I never miss a chance to tell

All of them who have stood by us all these years, how grateful I am to have had them. We went over all the good and bad days and complimented each other and all the younger people and all the people that passed on. We do this every year and continue the hugs and kisses throughout and promise to meet next year. Your OP is right on the mark fo rme this evening. Thanks.

[calimary]

10. LOVE THIS!!!

This is hilarious!

My husband said - "gee, that one took a long time to walk the dog home!"

[Generic Other]

11. I will fill out the ballot the minute it arrives and mail it ASAP

because they count the vote even if you die.

[Moostache]

12. Your request is granted...now I am just trying to have others join in!

Thank you for the post...it had special resonance for me because my own aging parents are visiting my family and my sister's family this weekend and mom is fighting cancer for the 6th time in the last 12 years and dad is starting to show signs of early onset Alzheimer's disease. The times they come to visit I try harder and harder to hold onto and yet like sand through your fist as you squeeze it, it just keeps going faster.

The curse of youth is never appreciating or even really noticing the passage of time.
The curse of middle age is appreciating the passage of time all too well.

We will all run out of time, and much sooner than we expect too, but it is that intrinsic humanity - the desire to hold onto what is dear and to protect the things we love - that makes me so unable to understand the lack of empathy from the nut bags on the right. Those tea-bagging trolls who want to cast everyone out on their own, shred the social safety nets, dismantle Medicaid and Medicare and Social Security, allow women to be subjugated and controlled by the power of the state and could not seem to care less about how many are wounded, injured or killed by such callousness as long as their precious taxes don't go up by even 4%.

The sanctity of life is not in protecting unborn zygotes until they become infants and then abandoning them to fate! For god's sake, we all need to stop allowing these people to cloak their evil in such positive sounding language as "Pro-Life" or "Fiscal Conservative". We need to call them what they are greedy, murderous barbarians.

[mfcorey1]

16. Share with all you know. I did. nt

[BlancheSplanchnik]

17. this is as powerful as the OP.

Both deserve to be read and reread.

[allan01]

13. re:Got this in an email: If I am gone tomorrow

in ca, we are still waiting for our mail in ballots and the votor guides. monsanto really slamming the gmo seeds lableling initiave and repugs attacking high speed train. i will vote as soon as these are mailed. love to vote for mr obama and not mr rmoney. id also love to give those (r)s pink slips as well.

[ailsagirl]

14. Got my ballot in the mail today--will send it out tomorrow!

[Cha]

15. "please, please, vote against that asshole Mitt Romney."

Priceless, mfcorey1! thank you~

[revolution breeze]

18. K&R n/t