What would you do if...

Well, thanks, though I wasn't looking for compliments. It's just the way I feel. Through some very harsh experience, I happen to know that there is an afterlife.
 
And all that you can take with you is memories. So, mushing across the tundra behind a steaming team of Huskies? That would be great.
 
Skimming a board down a 40 foot wave at Maverick's Beach? Awesome and frightening.
 
Arcing back and forth down a black diamond slope in Aspen? Magical.
 
I still remember my first ride on my step-uncle's Harley around 1970. Loud, scary, and addictive.
 
But all of that pales to what the love of my wife means to me.
 

That was the most beautiful thing I have ever heard. Ron your wife is very lucky.

Wow, no kidding!  Now I feel all guilty for saying what I said, instead of wanting my husband whispering sweet nothings in my ear...I'm such a dumbass when it comes to romance.

But all of that pales to what the love of my wife means to me.

[]OK.. you seriously need to stop.. we are all emotional anyway on this thread and this is making it all the worse.. i am sitting here wondering if my dh would think the same about me..lol...  

Wake up early and watch the sunrise with Schmee.
Make my SO breakfast in bed.
Try on wedding dresses with him.
Take Schmee to the dog park for some fetch.
Get the family (dogs included) to the beach for a barbeque, complete with bread pudding and death by chocolate cake and dippin' dots for dessert.
Watch the sunset on a beach towel, my head on my SO's chest, and the Schmee curled up by my side.
...and then slip into sleep.

And I would spend most of the day naked...clothes are overrated. []

I didn't even have to think about it.
 
I'd spend it with Jon.

Well, thanks, though I wasn't looking for compliments. It's just the way I feel. Through some very harsh experience, I happen to know that there is an afterlife.

I wasn't really complimenting you, although I'm not sorry it sounded that way. I was balling my eyes out for like the 6th time on this thread. Had to say something.

You said that memories are the only thing you can take with you. I was thinking of the ones I could leave behind. Same thing I guess. Gina was right though, those of us with small kids or not so small kids would impact them the most with our deaths.

I was thinking of the ones I could leave behind

 
Good point. But life has shown me more than once just how unimportant I can be. No, I'm not asking for pity or affirmation. Just the same, should I die, let it be with a good day with DW in my mind.
 

If I could make a small request, could you drop in and say goodbye to all of us? Not just Ron...Oh why oh why did I post this...[]

In the face of the melodrama of this subject, I also remember a few other things.
 
The only easy day was yesterday.
 
On your feet, soldier.
 
Until I am dead, there is always a chance to do one more thing, to say "I love you" one more time.
 
I think I most resemble a dog. I aspire to the nobility of a dog. I survive, it's what I do best. Breathe in, breathe out, repeat as necessary. Carpe diem. Illegitimus non carborundi. And it's good to have someone to love.
 
And remember, funerals are for the living. The dead are gone to take on their new tasks. We use funerals to mark their departure and express out grief.
 
So, I think most everyone here would spend their last day in an enjoyable way. For example, no one wishes to spend their last day cleaning portable bathrooms.
 

ORIGINAL: huskymom

You knew you were gonna die tomorrow?

Lets say for interests sake, that you had made provisions for everyone and everything in your life as far as being taken care of. Pets, kids, spouses etc were all take care of.

My last day will be simple: I'll spend it with my mother, and I'll try to mentally prepare her for my death. Then I'll go home, shave my head (I've always wondered what that would look like), and then, I'll get seriously SERIOUSLY drunk with my husband. [sm=drinking47.gif]

Sing your death song and die like a hero going home.
~Tecumseh

There is no death, only a change of worlds.
~Duwamish

I would spend the day with BF and animals, and wait to feel Dancer's kisses rain on my cheeks...

original: TheSchmee
And I would spend most of the day naked...clothes are overrated

I agree with this statement. My last day would be spent thus, in my husband's arms. Preferably next to a running river or stream, listening to the sound of the wind in the trees, the gurgle of the water against the bank, and the music of the birds and the crickets as dusk comes on. 

And for my last meal, I would also want to make a silly little pig of myself on shrimp linguini and the best chocolate cake and frosting that can be found. Since I can't eat shrimp, pastas, sweets and such now, my last day I would make up for all the things I would love to be able to eat!

Ron, you and your wife are blessed to have each other. [sm=angel.gif]

Amy

i dont know what i would do, but .. i do know i have bad eye sight and my husband's PC is set farther back on the desk than mine... so when i saw "provisions" i thought it was "POISONS"!!! [sm=asking03.gif]
had me thinking for a sec that someone had really ticked you off......
note to self... get contact prescription renewed very soon!!

I would spend my last day with my family.  I love them all very much and nothing matters more to me than them.  I'd also do whatever I could to make sure that Madison knows just how much I really love her.  She is my world and I don't know what I'd do if someone told me that it was my last day to be with her.  It reminds me of that song, "If tomorrow never comes"  by Garth Brooks.  Would she know how much I love her?  Oh no, I'm going to cry now just thinking about it.[]

Well, thanks, though I wasn't looking for compliments. It's just the way I feel. Through some very harsh experience, I happen to know that there is an afterlife.

 
just curious can you emphasise on that???
 
 
I would call all of my freinds and tell them how much I will miss them and what a support they have been and how many good times we have all had together.
 
I would talk to my mom and tell her what a wonderful mother she has been and that she deserves to find someone great in her life, and that would be my wish for her. And I would tell her that I can't imagine my life without her and to do the best she can and get by without me. (we are extreamly close)
 
Next I would see my sister and tell her that we may have had our differences but we had so many good times growing up that I'll never forget.
 
I would call my brother and tell him to please spend more time with our mom and to realize that his dads side of the family is only half of his family. I would tell him how much my mom misses him and to be there for her.
 
I would take Raji to the lake and let her run free ( which I never do because I am afraid she will take off) I would let her swim and chase the ducks and then cuddle with her and tell her I'm sorry she had a bad life to start out with and that I wish I could have had those extra 3 years with her before I got her. I would take as many pictures of me and her together so whevere she goes  after I die someone has those to look back on, and knows I loved her.
 
Lastly I would spend some time with my bf and tell him that I hope he finds someone great to spend the rest of his life with.
 
And then I would spend my last hours with me and Raji somewhere that we both love.