Say I Love You while you can
Last night was one of the worst nights of sleep I've ever had in my life.
According to my watch I slept for less than two hours. I woke up to go to the bathroom, climbed back into bed, and proceeded to think about everything for four hours.
I thought about why my stomach was still gurgling, the foods I ate with my girlfriend the day before, plans for a daytime date in the city, and then I thought about my grandparents. And how my girlfriend hasn't met them yet. How they really wanted to meet her last Christmas and were sad when they couldn't. And how just a few days ago I called my grandmother and noticed she asked me the same question three times in the span of as many minutes.
I cried.
Sometimes it takes a few days and a sleepless night to process things.
I texted my girlfriend at 3 in the morning and told her that it was important to me that she meets my grandparents before their memory gets too bad. She said she'd love to :)
Lately I've had this feeling that I'm living life as if I'll never die. As if I will always be around. Or that all the people in my life will always be around.
Of course that's not true.
So this morning, at a more reasonable time, I'm going to call my grandparents and tell them I love them. And that I want them to meet my girlfriend.
And you should go say "I love you", however you choose to do so, while you can.