July 5, 2025
The One More
One more
One more phone call with you on the other side
One more soccer game to watch you play in
One more car ride with you
One more soccer practice for Taylor with you on the sideline
The one more Ju Jitsu match for Hayes
One more morning coffee with Uncle Joel
One more day at the beach with you
One more dinner around your island
One more Thanksgiving
One more walk with you
One more run with you and your friends
One more holiday
One more physical therapy appointment out of your garage
One more night with you in your living room
One more family game night
One more night sitting at your feet
What would a lifetime of one more’s look like?
It would have
One more, ‘I love you’ in It
One more, ‘Get home safe’ along the way
One more phone call during my week at school
One more piece of advice
One more walk with you by my side
One more ‘Text me when you make it back safely’
One more check in
One more…
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You would want me to see that
I have the one more’s
I have the one more’s on this side of heaven
I have one more day here
One more moment to make it count
One more day to make it intentional
I have one more moment with your kids
I have one more chance to call your mom about her day
I have one more walk on the beach
I have one more sunset dinner
One more day with our loved ones
“Not what you have lost, but rather what you have right in front of you, is a gain”
| A lifetime of embracing the moments, and a life of creating new memories with those you have right beside you |
I have gained an angel
One with the best seat in the audience
I will hug Taylor and Hayes a little bit tighter
I will continue to lean in
I will continue to sit in your kitchen with your family when I come home
I will find the space between the distance and fill it
I will learn to find the resilience
I will continue to look up
I will continue to put one foot in front of the other
And I will see that I have one more, today, right now
I had you here
I am thankful for every moment, every one I had with you
I will see the butterflies + keep you close
I wish I could experience at least one more with you here, but I will wait for the more ahead
This is what I will do with the one more’s that I have today
With all my love,
Mak
