Every day, I tell Jan I love her multiple times. Many of those expressions of my love for her are followed by a kiss, a touch, or a glance of affirmation. I tell my kids that I love and appreciate them. I never want to carry a regret that I failed to express my love should one of them pass away and I’m left alone with the pain of my silence.

Loving well means living like no more words need to be said when a loved one leaves this world. That’s why those who have loved each other well will sit quietly together as one of them passes away. In their shared journey of love, they have said all that needed to be said. In those last moments of life, the presence of a spouse or a friend is all that matters. There is no need to say more words because their lives have expressed “I love you” in many different ways and through many expressions of their shared love. 

Today, we need to say what needs to be said and do what needs to be done to show our love to those who are close to us. This will remove regret in the future when the other one is finally gone and the remaining one is only left with memories.

To have said it all will remove any painful regret. It will bring us peace and an expectancy of seeing our loved one once again in eternity in the presence of the Lord. We can only live in that regretless kind of love when we have said all that needs to be said.