"Rain"

Rain, Rain, Rain....It seems to fit today so perfectly. It falls from the sky the same way that the tears fall from everyone's faces. The feeling it brings today matches the feeling of regret that I hold in my heart. My Grandparents moved today...all the way to Austen, Texas. They are getting old and need more care so they are moving to live near my Aunt who lives there. I realized that all the time they had been living here I never really took advantage of the chance to get to know them better. I mean, to really know them. I love them and they definitely aren't strangers to me or me to them it just feels as if they have so many experiences, stories, wisdom, and insight that they have never shared with me because I never took the chance to ask them. Well, I guess I might just be thinking these things because they are leaving but it still gives me a weird feeling. I realized for the first time how old and feeble they actually are and that I might never even see them again. I have never lost a grandparent and it is a scary idea to think that they could be gone...possibly soon. How come it takes us so long to realize something that when we finally do, it is too late? Maybe I will feel differently tomorrow and will just say that it is another change coming and going in my life but for now...I'd like to just ponder the bigness of it all. So, this one's for you Grandma and Grandpa...I love you with all my heart.