Treasure your love ones, while they're still here.

Everyday there are people dying in this world, We don't know when our time will come, what we know is that one day it will because dying is inevitable. The question is that, have you prepare yourself for dying? Have you maximized every opportunity of your time with your love ones and tell them that you love them? If not, then I think you should start right now. Don't wait for that time the you'll regret and think those every seconds, minutes and hours in your life without caring for them or being with them. I'm not saying that we should do it every seconds, minutes or hours in our life but just at least once a week, give them a phone call or visit them.

Let me tell you this one story of a grandson who really regrets everything that happened and can never get back to change it. This grandson was born and raised in the Philippines but has the pure blood of a Chinese, his province(Nan An) and other relatives are in China including his grandfather(mother side). This grandson first visited his province(Nan An) when he was still a child, that for him, was very unforgettable, because he was treated like baby and taken cared by every relatives, but since this grandson was still a child all he knows is to play and just meet his relatives. For the first time he met his grandfather, he greeted him and his grandfather was so happy seeing his grandson, this grandson can even remember the big smile on his face and the way he laughs, he also remember his grandfather buying some food and candies for him. Then this grandson returned to the Philippines and revisited his province but things are still the same because this grandson is still a child.

But after time passes by so fast, this grandson had already grown up and matured He almost forgot all of his relatives in China but he knows that his grandfather is not in a good state already and before that he thought his grandfather already passed away because of the false news and that time he cried, and he prayed for him. He is now a college graduating student, he returned to China with his siblings for the Shanghai World Expo then go directly to his province(Nan An) to visit his relatives, he's now a grown up man and everyone was just happy to see him. He, himself, was also happy but deep inside he knows that he's not that happy because of his grandfather. Before he visit his grandfather's room he already knew and heard about the state of his grandfather because it was told by his relatives, and when the door opened the grandson, together with his sister and relatives stepped in the room and from what he saw it broke his heart. His grandfather was lying on the bed sideways, unable to talk or open his eyes he was like sleeping but the truth is his already at the state of going and the grandson was so sad, saying deep inside "What happened to my grandfather? I can't almost recognize his face, it was different now." This grandson knows that the face he was looking is a face of a dying man and it was his grandfather, immediately his sister started crying but he stood beside the bed quietly looking at his grandfather, He was so hurt deep inside after seeing his grandfather looking like that.

Then they were told to get out the room already, the grandson first stepped out of the room and immediately right after his first step his tears started to fall, unable to control his emotion he walked straight outside the house alone and cried like a child. All he is saying deep inside is "Grandfather, I didn't even had the chance to talk to you before this all happened. I regret those years for not talking to you even on the phone. I regret and hate myself for not loving you that much!". The grandson keeps on crying because it's been years since his last visit where he was still in high school and didn't have the chance to talk to his grandfather for that long.

After few days of stay and never missed the chance of visiting his grandfather, the grandson returned to Philippines alone because he has to work for his OJT requirements for college, during his travel, he always has those teary eyes whenever he thinks about his grandfather. He knows that it hurt so much, and life is not forever, it's just that we have to treasure it. Learned from his regrets, he now knows that he has to treasure his love ones while they're still here, the next day after his return to Philippines, his grandfather passed away and after his grandson heard about the news, he made this blog (crying) that is dedicated to him. I love you Guakong(grandfather) and I will never forget you.

This Blog post is dedicated to my Grandfather.

Rest In peace.

Love, your Grandson.