What questions would you ask of your departed loved ones?

[missy]

If you could go back or if you could get one more day with a loved one who is now gone...
what do you wish you could ask them that you never had the chance to ask?

Thanks to @Slickk for this thoughtful thread idea

 

[missy]

I would ask my great aunt about the Holocaust. She and her dh lived through it but their little boy ( only child at the time) was murdered in the Nazi camps. They came to the USA after the war and decided to have another child and my aunt was born. She married my mom’s brother. Her parents died when I was a little girl. But I loved them and remember them so well. I was too little to know about the Holocaust at that time.

 

[stracci2000]

Good thread Missy!
I would like to talk to my grandfather, who came through Ellis Island from Italy in 1911, at the age of 16, according to the Ellis Island records that I researched. But I think he was more like 12 years old, and lied about his age.

He came with three other boys from the same village, seemingly unaccompanied by any adults. Somehow, he also changed his first name. I only know this information because years ago I did research on the Ellis Island website.
I would love to know more.
Why did you leave? Were you afraid? Etc.
He died when I was 7, so I didn't get the chance to ask these things.

 

[AprilBaby]

I would ask my grandmothers about their parents and grandparents

 

[dk168]

It might not be fair, however, I would ask the dog which of us he preferred being with, me for 13+ years or his dad for just over a year before his fatal accident?

DK

 

[Austina]

I would ask my doggies if they were happy with us and could we have done anything more for them when they were alive.

 

[Slickk]

Thought provoking thread @ Missy.
I would want to hear more about my parents’ lives. I’d want to ask about their families and hear more about their love. Those stories are gone now.
@missy my grandfather lost his entire family (5 siblings and parents) in the Holocaust. I would want to hear more about how he survived so young alone when he came to America.
I also heard from a distant uncle that my grandmother’s country of origin is very different than what I thought I had been told…
I would also want to share what my children’s lives have become. I miss having our number-one fans around the cheer us on. I hope they are with us still somehow…