If Tomorrow Never Comes

If Tomorrow Never Comes

If I knew it would be the last time that I'd see you fall asleep,
I would tuck you in more tightly and pray the Lord, your soul to keep.

If I knew it would be the last time that I see you walk out the door,
I would give you a hug and kiss and call you back for one more.

If I knew it would be the last time I'd hear your voice lifted up in praise,
I would video tape each action and word, so I could play them back day after day.

If I knew it would be the last time, I could spare an extra minute or two
to stop and say I love you, instead of assuming you would KNOW I do.

If I knew it would be the last time I would be there to share your day,
well I'm sure you'll have so many more, so I can let just this one slip away.

For surely there's always tomorrow to make up for an oversight,
and we always get a second chance to make everything right.

There will always be another day to say our I love you's,
And certainly there's another chance to say our "Anything I can do's?"

But just in case I might be wrong, and today is all I get,
I'd like to say how much I love you and I hope we never forget,

Tomorrow is not promised to anyone, young or old alike,
And today may be the last chance you get to hold your loved one tight..

So if you're waiting for tomorrow, why not do it today?
For if tomorrow never comes, you'll surely regret the day,

That you didn't take that extra time for a smile, a hug, or a kiss
and you were too busy to grant someone, what turned out to be their one last wish.

So hold your loved ones close today, whisper in their ear,
Tell them how much you love them and that you'll always hold them dear,

Take time to say "I'm sorry, please forgive me," "thank you" or "it's okay".
And if tomorrow never comes, you'll have no regrets about today.

Grandma Wilson,

I miss you!!! You will always be alive in my heart and my mind. It's almost like you never left. I still feel you here. I know there will be times I will want to come to you and try to call you for your various creative ideas or your cooking...but I'm your grand-daughter by being creative yourself you made me creative as well...Also, I know every time I see a humming bird, I'll think of you...When I see an Iris or any beautiful flower I will remember how you kept your gardens looking perfect and because you made everything you touched so beautiful. You were a rock and you still are. By being strong and brave you made us all strong and brave. You were our example on how we should carry on with life no matter what happened. Getting up and getting dressed and being among the living will be hard for most of us but we will do it because you would want us to go on with life and remember you as you were and remember all the good times we had together. Summers at your house, painting rocks, getting clay from the ditch down the road, catching frogs, standing at the end of the drive way listening to the birds and watching them, having homemade popcorn balls before bedtime, having peanut butter and honey sandwiches and taking a nap on the old feather mattresses in the farm house before Uncle Donnie owned it, playing cards (Old Maid, Crazy 8's, etc.) and board games, going for car rides in Grandpa's green Grenada getting ice cream, painting Easter eggs the special way you did, and all the other countless things we did together will forever be in my memories. These memories I will be able to share with my children. I know Aurora is too young yet to understand what's going on...but I know in her own little way she knows you are no longer with us. She didn't want me to leave the house the day I drove up for the funeral. I can promise you this, she will remember how loving, caring and gentle you were. There will be pictures, wonderful stories to tell her, and also her memories of you. She will miss you dearly just like the rest of us. I love you Grandma! I miss you Grandma...You're in a better place, no more pain...You're with Grandpa...I know he was waiting for you with open arms...And when it's my time I know you'll be doing the same for me...I love you!