Live to love

A 102 year-old woman

married for 78 years was asked near the end:

"What would you do differently?"

Her answer made her daughter cry.

She didn't say,

"I'd travel more."

"I'd make more money." or

"I'd choose a different man."

She said something much quieter...

"I would have forgiven him faster."

Her daughter looked confused.

"After everything you two went through?"

The old woman smiled.

"We wasted so many good days being angry about bad moments."

She paused.

"And I thought we had forever."

She remembered the silent dinners, the nights they slept angry, the apologies she almost accepted... but made him wait for.

"One day you realize winning the argument never added a single day to your marriage, but pride took so many away."

Her daughter started crying.

The old woman held her hand and said,

"Don't wait until someone is gone to decide the fight wasn't that important."

You probably won't remember most of the arguments.

But one day, you'd give anything for one more ordinary day with someon you love.

Forgive faster.

Love while they're here.