Your friendly smile, your jokes, your eagerness to help whenever you can. You never said no, and you never bore a frown on your face. I might not have been close to you, nor do I see you very often... yet saying goodbye was difficult. Rest well Aunt and thank you for everything.
Another passing, another goodbye. Seeing tears stream down the faces of her children and her husband's sorrow, I just can't help but feel her life has concluded too quickly. There was so much more for her to look forward to, grandchildren, retirement, watching her children grow up... yet, it just concluded. Somehow the nicest people are taken away the fastest, or as her daughter puts it, God has called her back home. The nicest people get the earliest call-back? Ouch.
During the service, during the eulogy, during the final rites... there was a single thought that struck me and it just stayed there. Nothing is forever. No matter how much you invest in something, it will go one day. And if it doesn't, you'll go. Ha, what a fact. All the talk about working hard, studying hard, building a career, starting a family yada yada. It all just falls apart when the bells toll. And since we don't know when that day will come, we just build our lives and await that moment. Living for the moment, taking each day at a time is easier said than done.
I don't like goodbyes.
