In a rusty car, bound to get lost

Everyone, if you can, I'd like you to get out a piece of paper and a pen (piece of charcoal, quill, stylus, I don't really care).

Write down the name of one person.  One person you love.  Now burn that name into your brain.

Last night, I was made aware of a serious tragedy in my family, and if I can be completely honest, it really shook me. I felt like someone hit me in the stomach with a sledgehammer.  I was horribly sad, but I think I might have been even more angry.  Angry because I didn't understand how it could have happened, angry because it seemed so sudden, and angry because I thought somehow, there was something I could have done.

I still don't know if I could have done anything at all, but I can do something now.  Remember the person you wrote down earlier?  You should if you burned it into your brain.  Think about who they would have written down.  Would it be you?

Somebody, SOMEBODY, probably more than one person will think of you when asked to think of a person they love.  That kind of a connection is worth everything.  Things will get ugly sometimes.  People will get hurt and it's all too easy to forget about the incredible parts of our lives.  Instead of forgetting, get out a piece of paper and a pen.

Someone loves you.  Someone loves you more than it's possible to, without even knowing how.  Now burn that into your brain.

To someone we lost far too early, we love you, and there are all those pieces of paper to prove it.  Rest in peace.