Never know when your number is up

[Jon Yenulonis]

Years before I was even a tickle in my daddies pants, he and his cousin, Mary Lou were inseparable. I have some old pictures of them playing together, in a playpen, in old cloth diapers. As the years floated past, her middle daughter and I carried on the tradition. I have old photos of Tina and I in very similar dress and places. And now, my daughter and Mary Lou's Grandchildren are more friends than relatives.


On Halloween Saturday, deep in the woods, while deer hunting with his family, Tina's Husband-Tom passed away unexpectedly of what they feel was a massive heart attack at age 55. We buried him last Thursday. THAT was a tuff day. He was a great guy.


As Tina and I spoke later that evening, I told her how I was envious of Tom. He died while doing something he loved, in his favorite place on earth, and he felt no pain and suffering. We should all be so lucky.


I am not looking for sympathy, but rather, I wish to remind you all out there to not be afraid to give your wife that extra "I love you", your kids that extra hug, or call a loved one you have been putting off for a while, because you just never know...


Jon

 

[Fred McIntire]

Years before I was even a tickle in my daddies pants, he and his cousin, Mary Lou were inseparable. I have some old pictures of them playing together, in a playpen, in old cloth diapers. As the years floated past, her middle daughter and I carried on the tradition. I have old photos of Tina and I in very similar dress and places. And now, my daughter and Mary Lou's Grandchildren are more friends than relatives.


On Halloween Saturday, deep in the woods, while deer hunting with his family, Tina's Husband-Tom passed away unexpectedly of what they feel was a massive heart attack at age 55. We buried him last Thursday. THAT was a tuff day. He was a great guy.


As Tina and I spoke later that evening, I told her how I was envious of Tom. He died while doing something he loved, in his favorite place on earth, and he felt no pain and suffering. We should all be so lucky.


I am not looking for sympathy, but rather, I wish to remind you all out there to not be afraid to give your wife that extra "I love you", your kids that extra hug, or call a loved one you have been putting off for a while, because you just never know...


Jon

So very, very true ! July 8, 2015 was almost that day for me; however, by God's Grace and Mercy I survived that terrible accident.......

People get mad over the stupidest stuff and never speak again for years, if ever. I've seen money and women/men cause more friendships to be lost than anything.

In the grand scheme of life, its senseless.

I have a friend/hunting buddy who can almost always finds a reason not to go, or cancels on me at the last minute. I'm afraid he'll run out of minutes one day.....

I say this only to agree with Jon. Live each day to the fullest ! Leave the yard needing raked; leave the grass uncut; the car not washed..... Live each day as if it were your last ! It may very well be !

I don't know anybody that wished they had worked more or harder while they were lying on their death bed.....

And my greatest regrets are of chances not taken, not of poor choices made.....

 

[John Fraser]

I'm sorry for you loss Jon. I'm finding that part about calling a loved one that you have been putting off for a while to be so true. A few times in recent years I didn't, then I regretted it when it was too late. I now try to be more mindful of friends and family and contact them when I think about them.

 

[John Klingenstein]

I wish to remind you all out there to not be afraid to give your wife that extra "I love you", your kids that extra hug, or call a loved one you have been putting off for a while, because you just never know...


Jon

I echo those sentiments wholeheartedly.
Cherish family and friends.
Seize the day. Live in the moment.

 

[Al Hansen]

Well said, Jon. I, too, am so sorry for your loss.

This reminded me of a good friend of mine who told me years ago about the one thing that haunted him to the very day he told the story to me. He was a young man of 19, a sports jock and one who back when he was so young never gave it much thought about sharing his feelings about "love". Well, his father was killed in a car accident. Dick looked at me, he was 55 then, and said, "If only I had told him how much I loved him life would have been so much better. What a simple thing to say but yet I didn't."
Al

 

[ken yacavone]

Everyone should carry some aspirins with them. They probably wont help with a massive heart attack but can mean survival for someone who is having heart problems in the field.
Add them to your pack.
Ken