Did you ever had the chance to say goodbye to a loved one who passed away?

My Mum passed away neally 6 years ago next month she was in hosspital but I wasnt able to be with her as at the time I was also in hospital as I suffer from mental illnesses if I would have had the chance to say goodbye I would have told her how sorry I was for all she had gone through with my illnesses and I would tell her I love her and that I am proud of her proud to call her my mum and I would thank her for fighting as hard as she did and I would have held her ..ssorry starting to cry

I lost my husband and my daughter a long time ago now. For years i hated him i was so angry at him for leaving and for taking her with him. To this day i still cry even after over a decade. I remember the look in his eyes the moment his life was over and i remember seeying such sorrow and all he said was "I'm sorry baby I love you" and it was over, their lives were gone. I didnt get a chance to tell them anything but if i could have one chance to tell them something it would have to be this. "I m sorry if i ever let you down, both of you's were my strenght and i am so sorry for not having the courage to let you go and say goodbye. But im mostly sorry that your not here to see him grow up and to hold me on the bad times. I miss you both terribly and i love you. I could never love more then i have loved you. and my heart still calls to you for all times." There is more but i simply wrote it on paper and left it on his tombstone. i suppose after all this time it was the only way i could get some kind of closure, some twisted peace because even if all this time has passed its still hurt like it happened yesterday.

last year my grandfather got brain cancer that metastasized to his lungs. He lives in GA and I live in PA. We were never really close. once he got sick I really didn't want to call him but I did. I got to talk to him one last time. It was a good conversation although I never really knew what to say to the guy. He passed about a month later. During that phone call I said I would call him again but I never did. I kinda feel bad about that.

I had been moved away from home for about 3 years my mother had failing health, we decided to move back home and about 1 month after we got home we had spent the afternoon with my mother at a family lunchen at the nursing home where she lived. she seemed distant and far away,but other wise ok. Later that evening we got the call we were dreading- the call the family together call-. As I sat with my mother I assured her that her work here was done and what a wonderfull job she had done,it was ok to go,I promised her I would care for the family as she had done for so many years. As she passed over we saw such a comforting look on her face and I thank God every day for the precious time we had with her.

I had received a call that my dad had taken a turn for the worse. I spent a day making arrangements and then flew there as soon as I could. The evening before I arrived he was asking for me. By the time I arrived he was in a coma, which he stayed in until he passed a way 9 days later. I visited daily, held his hand and talked to him hoping he'd know I was there. Just before he passed on he squeezed my hand and that is the only reason I could forgive me for getting there a day too late. I took it as a sign he did know I was there and it mattered to him.

im 25 now, when i was 5 and my sister was 4 our mother passed away no one was expecting it, my dad tld us the next morning she had gone to live with god and we knew what he meant, and we cried!!! we visit her grave regularly, but sometimes dont really know who we are visiting as we have few memories!!

i couldn't have said anything i would have held their hand till the end .maybe that is all i can muster to do during such a loss.

I never ever been had a chance to talk to my dad before he passed away, i even didn't got a chance to see him before he buried...If ever I got that chance to see him and talk to him again even in a dream, i really really want to hug him and let him know, no matter what, I/We are thankful and proud for having him...

I've experiences it too with my grandmother and grandfather. I just known they passed away a few hours later. But before that I had a plan to visit them in their small house but unfortunately they're gone without me saying goodbye. At first I was so guilty that I did not come earlier but I know God has a purpose. i just utter a prayer for them that God took their pain now and they are in heaven with angels...and...I said..goodbye as I close my eyes.

NO, when my grandparents of my father's side past away I never had the chance to go even in the burial. The reason was I was too far away and I was never informed that time, it was already 3 days when I immediately packed up my things and left to our hometown to visit.