Every week I carve out time to watch the show when it airs... and every week I end up crying, sobbing, and pretty much just a general mess. Of course it doesn't help that the show airs on Thursdays and Thursdays have become difficult for me to even get through.
It also doesn't help that the writers are soooo stinking good at what they do... because 9 times out of 10 it's not the actual story for the night as much as something said that gets me all chocked up... like last week when the episode started like this:
Meredith (opening voiceover): "Doctors spend a lot of time focused on the future, planning it, working toward it. But at some point you start to realize your life is happening now. Not after med school, not after residency, right now. This is it. It's here. Blink and you'll miss it."
And ended like this:
Meredith (closing voiceover): "Did you say it? 'I love you. I don't ever want to live without you. You changed my life.' Did you say it? Make a plan. Set a goal. Work toward it, but every now and then, look around; Drink it in 'cause this is it. It might all be gone tomorrow."
And I'm left realizing that for all the times I told Jim I loved him... and for all the times I showed him I loved him... the last month we were so focused on getting through September and really starting the next phase of our lives that maybe, just maybe, we should have slowed down and really enjoyed those moments just a second longer.
Cliche as it may sound, I'd give anything to have just one more night to sit quietly on our porch... his arms wrapped around me... watching the sunset... listening to the creek and the birds... and feeding his squirrels.
Don't let another moment slip past you.
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