We all want our lives to have impact. We want posterity to remember us fondly. We can leave behind a financial inheritance, the remnants of kindness, or the imprint of unconditional love.
I remember our sixth-grade class had a tradition to leave a “last will and testament” for the fifth graders soon to take our spot. This was a fun way to make your mark so to speak. We would leave behind a variety of items. Old lockers, books, a tough teacher, you name it.
This was a gentle introduction to our mortality. Something very far from our young minds in the sixth grade back then. You may be familiar with the phrase, “life is but a mist.” It is so fragile and fleeting.
My family has a saying, “los muertos no huelen las flores.” This means the dead do not smell the flowers. The sentiment is to tell people how much they mean to you while they are here and can appreciate it.
Vela Patria 