How much do you value your loved ones?

[kms]

Just writing to find out how much you actually value your loved ones. I recently have lost a friend and I am sure that her famliy would be wondering the same thing. She died suddenly by falling off a balcony at a bar. And no she was'nt drunk just slipped. Life is so precious and yet I know I take it for granted. One day your here and the next your gone. I know that her death has made me realise that I don't say I love you enough to my family. Is'nt it awful that something like this has to happen before you do say I love you. Well just wanted to hear some of your thoughts on how much you value your loved ones.


Peace be with you Kylie. I will miss you!

[Diva]

The worst part of grief is the guilt that is intwined. I could have/should have thoughts. I try to live my life as if it were the last day, but sometimes it's hard. I was on the phone with my father when he died. The last conversation we had was the night before when I tried to guilt him out of a second piece of pie. I got upset because he had just had another heart attack. He sat down later and said not to worry and that he loved me and was going to live forever. When I was leaving he went inside and shouted out the second story window, "Hey tiger! I'm going to live forever! I love you." That's the last thing that I heard. The guilt of that last piece of pie tore me apart. I was thirteen and lost my world.

I's like to add the question, "How did it effect future relationships?" I know that I had to go through a soul searching period where the idea of loving someone only to lose them terrified me. But the idea of never loving again terrified me even more.

[SysLord]

The grief, the guilt and the melancholy are the symbols of what makes us 'connect' to the ones who have passed away. Life is a big chain of people knowing, loving, loosing and missing.

Sorry about your loss KMS :(