If You Knew Today Were Your Last Day

Over holidays we record a tv series and then watch back to back episodes on weekends. This weekend we were watching "Greys Anatomy" and an episode had Meredith Grey with the premonition of death and pondering what would she want to do on her last day alive - thought provoking question. My wife and I talked about it for awhile. We were stuck on if we would tell our children. We would call them, but couldn't decide what we would say. Would we say something like, "This is my last day alive. I'm happy and spending it how I want to spend it. Of course I wish you were with me, but hope you are happy where you are and with your life. I love you."? Or just call and have a chatty last conversation? We discussed if we would want them with us. There was a concern that it would make the day sadder. Life doesn't work out that you usually get to plan the last day while in a relatively good state of health. Possibly fortunate it doesn't work that way, so you don't have to spend it worrying about who you should talk to and what you would say. I suppose as much as possible we should try to live each day as if it were the best last day we could have considering the high probability that there will be more days after today.