I actually had to think about this........sm
Posted By: MTIC3 on 2007-10-18
In Reply to: Question: If you had a year to live - What would you like to do most?
as I was diagnosed with "metastatic lung CA" but it turned out to just be inflammatory lymph nodes in my chest. Thank Goodness.
To the point....when I was diagnosed with CA a year ago, I was devastated and go to thinking, wow I may only have a few weeks or months left. What do I want to do with it.... Here is my answers...
Write long letters to both my daughter and son, who were 15 and 17 at the time, for them to open after I passed... Tell them everything that I wouldn't be around to tell them......and give advice for my grandchild I would never see...Just tell about life's lessons.
Secondly, write to my husband...for him to have and read when I was gone so he would not forget me.
Third, write to my family and say all the things I never got to say...
Fourth, I wanted to travel and see the Grand Canyon.
Lastly, I wanted to spend my last days on a tropical island next to the ocean..with my husband and two kids.
Through all of this, I will never forget hearing McGraw's song on the radio, "Live like you were dying." I broke down crying for a few minutes and then gathered my emotions, tucked them away, and enjoyed every minute with my family.
Now, that I have experienced that, I cherish every moment, every smile, every little expression on my kids faces as well as my husband. I have learned to appreciate life's wonders so much more than before.
It was a lesson well learned!!
Glad to be here today and fortunate for the miss diagnosis.
BTW: I did write those letters and tucked them away for later.
I did have the opportunity to say all I wanted to my family...It was very emotional.
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