August evenings bring solemn warnings.., to remember to kiss the ones you love goodnight. Options

[*Azarel*]

Who are the people that you love? How often do you let them know that you appreciate and love them? If you died right here, right now, would you regret never telling someone the way you felt? Why? (And why don't you change that?!)

I don't think anybody ever tells the people they love how much they care often enough. And as cliche or corny it might be, I honestly try to do it every time I see them. I greet my friends with hugs, laugh with them, tell then I love them, and upon leaving, give hugs all around again. If I were to cease to exist at this very moment, I'm sure that the people I care about would know that I love(d) them, and ain't nobody gonna tell them different.

[HakunaMatata]

My mom is entering into a hospice program soon, so within the last week we had those beautiful "tell each other everything before it's too late" conversations. And oh goody, did I tell her that I loved her. Afterward, I was so scared that by having that conversation, it would finalize things. Like there'd be nothing left to talk about, as if that conversation is most definitely the end.

Thankfully, it just feels like a clean slate, not so much as a start-over, but a kind of a new territory and new understanding.

So I guess I should get started on those "tell each other everything before it's too late" conversations with everyone else in my life that I love, grandma, brother, three best friends.

And Anna, where do you get all these crazy poetic topic titles, huh?