If I were in coma

Today I visited a man who after a car accident, is not able to communicate. As I talked and prayed with he and his mother, I wanted to cry.

• I saw a mother who desperately wanted to know that her son understood what she and I were telling him.
• I watched a young man who is normally very active have to lie there with tubes and wires hooked up to him.
• I realized how scared this man must be--trapped in a body that in injured inside and out.

My mind moved to the thought: If I were in a hospital bed--unable to communicate, what would I wish I had said?

• Would my last words to my wife have communicated my love for her?
• How would my children remember my last words to them? With kindness and strength, or criticism?
  
• Will I have spoken truth that needed to be said to a friend, even though the words may hurt?

Or what have I said that I wish I could take back?


And then a more sobering thought--one day will be my last, and then my loved ones left behind will remember me by my last words.

What will those words be?