One More Time

I caught myself thinking the other day.

If I could have one more conversation with my dad…
what would I say?

It wouldn’t be small talk.
Not the weather.
Not politics.

None of the things that once felt important.

I’d slow it down.
Listen longer.
Say the things that somehow always felt like there would be time for later.

Gratitude.
Respect.
Love.

Maybe even the simple things I assumed he already knew.

What stays with me is this.

I would give anything for one more conversation.

Yet I can let days go by
without having a real one
with the people I still have.

That doesn’t sit right.

Life doesn’t usually give us a warning shot.
No moment that announces itself as the last one.

So this morning, I challenge you
just like I’m challenging myself.

Take the time today.
Tomorrow, you might give anything for that chance.

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