Seven years after his death, I received a text from my son—or so it appeared.
My teenage grandson (his son) had just celebrated a birthday and was given his dad’s old phone as a present.
And I still hadn’t updated the contact information.
Curious to see what my son and I said to each other in the last days of his life, I began to scroll through past texts.
I saw many short messages about errands and family events. My heart sank the longer it took to find a text that simply said, “I love you.”
I knew that he knew I loved him, but I wondered if I had missed the chance to say it one last time.
Since then, I’ve tried to end every text with “Thank you,” or “I love you so much.”
I want YOU to stop right now and check YOUR texts.
Sometimes we get so busy telling each other the urgent things that we forget to say the most important thing: I love you.
I invite you to text or tell the people you love and live with just how much you care about them.
Let’s not wait another second to let them know how much they mean to us.
Text them. Tell them.
I promise you won’t regret it!
“Beloved, let us love one another: for love is of God” (1 John 4:7).
Your friend,
—Sister Tamara W. Runia
First Counselor in the Young Women General Presidency