If I Just Had One More….

When someone dies what I hear most people say is “if I just had one more ____”.

One more hug, one more walk, one more bit of advice, one more camping trip, one more coffee, one more cold beer, one more sunset cruise, just one more time to do that one thing with the person we love.

Today marks one year of the last time I saw my grandmother, last picture, last laugh, last bit of advice, last cold beer…today is the day I’m one of those people who thinks “I wish I just had one more” of any of those things because I miss all of them.

I was never sad for her to go to Heaven. That’s what she wanted, what she lived her life for. Her and my granddad created a legacy. She had a wonderful, fun filled, full life of love and laughter and everything she probably dreamed of as a little girl. But, I was sad for me and for my kids, my family and her friends who all wanted more time and all miss her, too.

So we can take these moments of wanting one more, while being unproductive in that emotion, and turn them into moments of giving one more, giving bits of happiness to others and creating memories with them.

To everyone feeling a little sad over wanting more with someone they lost, try and think of the things that you do to make people feel special and then go give one more away.

Because one day someone will want one more with you, too.