Back Again

Is there someone you know

You're loving them so

But taking them all for granted?

You may lose them one day

Someone takes them away

And they don't hear

The words you long to say

Those lyrics are from what could easily appear to be one of the seventies' great romantic love songs.

David Gates actually wrote "Everything I Own" to express his feelings toward his late father.

My own Dad will die one day and be taken away and it's something that I hope will never happen.  Yet I know it must happen.

Countless times people have sung or spoken their regrets over not telling a loved one how much they cared, only to find that it was one day too late.  The object of their affection could no longer hear.

When I listen to "Everything" it often makes me want to weep over my father, even though he is still living.

After losing someone, is there a way to could go back in time and tell them "one more time", how much they love them?

The only way I know is to imagine the day when they will eventually pass away.  To cry and sorrow inside.  To play back the music and photographs of their memory.  To realize that yes, you do care very deeply.

And that for now, they are still alive.

Then to go and tell them now, before it's too late.