Hug Tight

Growing up I never thought I would loose the ones I love, I wanted to keep them in a box forever and whenever I needed them I wanted to take them out and hug them and make them promise never to leave me.
Now that I am older, I am aware that is not real and the ones I love will someday leave me and I cannot keep them forever. I learned that this week when my grandpa died. My grandpa was someone that unfortunately I took for granted, he was a rock that would never and could never budge. He was an electrician, he was a rattlesnake wrestler, not someone who would leave this world unhappy. When I learned about his death and how it happened there was so many things I wanted to say to him. I wanted to ask him why, I wanted to give him one last hug and I wanted to sit down and take away all his pain, but I couldn't do that and that makes me feel useless.
I wanted to tell my Grandpa that he was my favorite part of Pennsylvania, that I talked about him all the time and always thought he was so 'Cute'. My grandpa loved hard candies and that was something that we shared. He would always have them in his pocket and give me one when he saw me. That is what I will always remember about my grandpa, among other things. I saw him two weeks before this happened and gave him a hug and promised I would see him soon, had I known I would have hugged him extra hard and whispered 'I love you'. But something tells me, he knew. I do not always believe of an after life, but I must admit it does make it easier. Every night, I blow a kiss and whisper goodnight, that is not only for him but for my entire family, I love you.
So, when you see your family and your friends hug them extra hard, because you never know when it will be your last hug.