Show Your Thanks Before It's Too Late

We don't know what the future holds. We don't know what tomorrow brings. We don't know when will somebody die. It's like yesterday that you saw them alive and kicking but today they might be gone due to some unexpected circumstances. It's hard to accept it, but there's nothing you can do if something like that happens. Though you cry a bucket of tears and have a long list of regrets that you haven't done what you want to show them or you maybe have a lot to tell them yet, they wouldn't ever come back. It's the painful truth that we should accept.

My Aunt died yesterday. Though her health condition was ill, it was still unexpected since they still hope that she would get cured. A tumor-like thing grew in her arm. She didn't mind it at first but it continued to grow until it affected her health. They brought her to a doctor to check the tumor thing in her arm and the doctor said that it was cancerous. I don't what kind of medication did the doctor suggested but she strongly disagreed with it. I don't know if she is just trying not to waste their money since life is hard this pandemic or she was just being nervous since she tend to get nervous when things happened. Whatever her reasons, she had compromised her health because of that, and now, what it did just became of her? She was now cold and breathless sleeping inside the coffin because the tumor burst in her arm.

The children are weeping endlessly because they can't still believe that their mother is gone. The eldest and the second child even messaged me about how painful what happened was. They said that they were not ready for it yet and even asked their late mother to go back. Just what would the dead do, rise from her coffin and say that it was all a prank? They have a lot of regrets, I know. They have a lot of things left unsaid and things that were left undone before the presence of their late mother.

You are one such lucky human if your parents are still complete in front of you. It's indeed inevitable that someday they will also leave this world whether we permit it or not since it's not the kind of thing that we can be able to stop. I mean maybe we can slow it down using medications but, just how long will medicines support their lives? They will still have that ending no matter how we like it or not.

You know that your parents are old already and now you are a capable person because of their love and care through the years that passed. Even if they are not that old enough, just show your appreciation for everything that they did for you, anytime and anywhere. Say what you want to say and do what you want to do with them while they are still living. With that, they can feel your efforts and appreciate them with love and peace of mind. It's no use blabbering it all in front of the dead since it can't see what you are doing anymore nor hear whatever you are saying. They never would wake up to dry your tears. Even if you cry a drum or a flood of tears, it would never notice your pain anymore.

The best that you can do is pray for her that she would be happy and peaceful wherever she is right now. Oh well, that's for sure since God is with her. Then just tell her that she doesn't need to worry about you anymore since you are already capable and can handle everything that's left behind. Wherever she is now, she may rest in peace.

Just some thoughts about the death of my Aunt. The family is still mourning and my other siblings are there to help with the wake and comfort my cousins. I wrote my thoughts since I often their Facebook posts that were full of messages saying that they can't accept what happened. It's normal but saying that the dead should come back is not. I can't blame them, though, they are in the stage of denial in levels of grief.

Anyway, thanks for reading.

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