All those things we never said.
There is a book called “All those things we never said.” The basic plot is this
Days before her wedding, Julia Walsh is blindsided twice: once by the sudden death of her estranged father…and again when he appears on her doorstep after his funeral, ready to make amends, right his past mistakes, and prevent her from making new ones.
Surprised, to say the least, Julia reluctantly agrees to a spontaneous road trip with her father to make up for lost time. They have 6 days and 6 days only. An astonishing secret is revealed from the past and their trip becomes a whirlwind journey of rediscovery. We learn that even the smallest gestures we take for granted have the power to change us forever.
The book sounds great!
But it raises some pretty obvious questions.
What if we had just six days to spend with the deceased person we were estranged from? What would you say to them and what do you think they might say to you?
Or… what if you had an opportunity to encounter the person who you are estranged from but who in fact has not died, is perfectly fit and healthy, and unexpectedly turned up on your doorstep. Would you slam the door in their face? Yell mightily or…
What are the things you wish you had said and what is it that you might have listened to? The blurb from the book hints that little things that have slipped our attention and gone unnoticed might actually be the largest, most profound, life-changing events in our life.
Looking back over the years, or even just last week… What might I have missed? How might I change someone’s life and fill our nemesis and ourselves with fresh hope for the future?