When I first heard this song it really got me thinking about what would I do if I knew I was going to die. What would I say to those I love? Then I thought about the fact that most people unless they are ill don't know when they will go. We think that we have time and in reality we really don't know how much time we have we could live to be 100 or we could die in a car accident today. I thought about the things I would want to say to my family especially my children if I were no longer around. This song has made me decide to sit down and write letters to each of my children so that I can tell them all the things I would want them to know and how I feel about them. Even though I make it a point to talk to them and share stories from before they were born, give them words of wisdom, or just to say I love you I want them to have it there to read and reflect on.
Do you know what would you want to say to those important people in your life?
Here is the song that got me thinking about this. Enjoy!
What Would You Say - Trailer Choir
What if the moment came and
you knew your life was down to minutes
ladders flame was all you had to see
and you found a pen and torn up piece of paper
and a note was all you could leave
13 men felt trapped in a mine in West Virginia,
only one made it out alive
but there love lives on in the words
I can not wait to see you on the other side
what would you say(x2)
(CHORUS)
in the lines on a page from the life that you made
could you write it with no regrets
would you know in yourself you gave somebody else
all the love that you had inside
right down to your last breath
would you tell your momma thank you for the way you love me
daddy don't cry everything's gonna be ok
would you tell your little boy that
you'll be watching him from up in heaven,
you'll never miss one game
what would you say(x2)
(CHORUS)
in the lines on a page from the life that you made
could you write it with no regrets
would you know in yourself you gave somebody else
all the love that you had inside
right down to your last breath
what would you say
(CHORUS)
in the lines on a page from the life that you made
could you write it with no regrets
would you know in yourself you gave somebody else
all the love that you had inside
right down to your last breath
what if the moment came and
you knew your life was down to minutes
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I wanted them to know how much I love them and what special things I love about each one. I blessed them in their future lives. It was a way of setting them free, I hope, and reassuring them that I love them and believe in them and always will.
Jan - I am still working on my letters but you comment made me think about other things I want to add to them, Thanks!
I tell my children constantly that I love them and share things with them in diaries I've written since they were born....I was saving them for them until they married, but once I was given the title of "terminally ill", I gave them the books early and I'm glad I did because they had questions about some things like what did their grandmother look like [no pictures exist], where does their artistic talent come from, who are they most like etc....questions had I not been here could not have answered, and they would wonder all their lives. I've always thought about those lost on 9/11 how so many reached for their phones to call home, leaving messages on machines if no one picked up, preserving their voice and memories forever....and wonder if that had been me what would I have said.....I get choked up just thinking about hich words to use that could convey a LIFETIME of LOVING......and as I was then, I am now; speechless.
That is exactly how I feel Kitty.
Rob - You have more friend then you realize.
Phyllis you don't have to tell me it was just meant to get people to think about what they would want to say.
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When I had my accident in 2001, I came close to killing myself and my memory was badly damamged. I spent the next year (or so) contacting old friends and re-discovering who we had been, and who we had become. I told them the effect they had had on my life, and apologized for anything I had left them with... including my ex-wife. I was lucky that I got an opportunity to do this, and now I mut remind myself to live as though it might be my last day. We never know.
And I agree, Rob: you have more friends than you realize.
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I also write in a diary for my son sometimes. When he's older, we will go through it together. He's still much too little for it now, but I would like to give it to him before anything happens to me.
Thanks for sharing such a beautiful, tearjerker song!
Lord for give me in the name of Jesus!!!!!!
May the Lord Bless you & keep you and your family & there family close to his heart!!! In the name of Jesus!!! "
I thought about it..
Not only what I would say but what I would do..
I would make sure my funeral was planned and payed for.. To me that is the worst.. They are already grieving they do not need the hassle of doing that as well.
Then I would tell my children how they were my greatest accomplishments in life. Though we may not have always agreed that great minds do not always think alike contrary to belief.. lol That they are and always will be exceptional people and continue to make me proud and follow their heart and treat those how they would like to be treated and make sure to protect those they love. Simple but to the point. Last but not least. No matter how far they go in life remember where they came from and always remember to give back.
I began it when I thought I may have breast cancer, and had chosen that, if so, I was not going to do anything to preserve myself alive, as I didn't have heath insurance and did not and to spend their inheretance from me by trying to prolong things, but there were things I wnted to leave of myself, for them, besides property and money.
Whatever the lump was disolved in about 6 months, but I keep the journal now, anyway.