I miss them all, and if what you say is true then we'll all continue to miss them.
Since Sunday I've been sitting in the hospital with my 96 year old mother who's growing list of illnesses tell me with certainty that these are her last days. I can't speak for anyone on the BY both present or not, but I have been preparing myself for this day over the last few years. Preparing myself because I cannot fix this. It's still not easy, and I still regret this coming day and her eventual passing. Regret but not grieve over much. Instead I will enjoy and celebrate the things she's given my sisters and I.
I don't want to wax too poetic here, but time does indeed have long strides and we humans step light and quick. It eventually overtakes us all. She had her first child at 19, I came 10 years later. She has had an incredibly full and long life. That's something to celebrate. I've never heard her voice a single regret over the course of her life. She was the loving mom we all should have. I'll miss her terribly, but I cannot selfishly grieve for long. I cannot long grieve something that's inevitable for us all. For me. For you. For us. How bad can it be if we all must do it?
If this is what bags and kib are now facing then my heart goes out to them. I will miss them terribly as well. But it's the fate of all of us quick steppers. I will instead enjoy the things they've given to us. I tell my young grand nieces and nephews that if you take care of your health, eat right, sleep right, and get the right amount of exercise, you will eventually bury everyone you know and love. Enjoy your life and what it has to give. And it's already too late for regrets.
