All of us know that a time will come for us to take our last breath and leave this human body - yet, the people in this list decided to make their last hours wonderful by doing something they longed to do for a long time.
We live as if there are countless days ahead. We fail to seize the moment and grab the opportunities to enjoy life to its fullest, do things that make our hearts sing, or express how we feel about the ones we cherish the most. It always seems that we will be able to do that 'later', when the only thing we really have is now.
So, what's on your bucket list? Don't wait for later, enjoy your life now.
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When 6-Year-Old Elena Was Diagnosed With Brain Cancer, She Began Hiding Hundreds Of Little Love Notes Around The House For Her Parents To Find After She Was Gone
I always wanted children now i am blessed to have one and everyday i fear this. She has so much strength. I admire her courage and love. Wishing her all the best ♡
A Week Before My Grandfather Passed Away, I Snuck His Favorite Beer Into The Nursing Home For Him. It Was His Last Beer Ever
My hubby used to do this for my Grandpa the 1 time a year we got to see him. He wasn't supposed to have real beer anymore, and he was at the point of being barely functional. But he smiled so big when that beer showed up. Made all our hearts smile. Glad you were able to see your Grandpa's smile too :)
When my nan was in a care home dying from advanced dementia we would give her the odd glass of Baileys. We didn't need to sneak it in, if you can't have what you enjoy when you're dying, when can you?
The day my dad died I brought him his favorite, Coca Cola, and I dipped a qtip in it and put it in his mouth so he could taste it..
When my dad was diagnosed as having terminal cancer he asked me to bring him a hip flask of single malt Scotch. I wasn't able to go into the hospital that evening, so asked my sister to take it. My mum was there and didn't give it to dad because she was worried about mixing it with the medicine. I now have the hipflask.
How wonderful for him to do, that heart warming thing for his Grandpa!
Her Dying Wish Was To See Her Best Friend, Oliver The Cat, One Last Time To Say Goodbye
Pets know when something is wrong, especially when you're not feeling well, physically and or mentally.
Load More Replies...Animals need that closure too, now Oliver will know what happened to her.
I'm legit crying out of sheer sadness... What... what have you done bored panda T.T First those animal comics, now these... AHHHHH MY HEART
Homeless Man Learned He Was Dying Of Cancer With Only A Few Weeks To Live And His Only Wish Was For Someone To Adopt His Sweet Dog, Baby
Oh god this is heartwrenching. Animals make for the best love stories.
Absolutely beautiful. What a lovely man to be more concerned about her. She was more than likely his most important and loved possession. I definitely cried.
Mom's Last Dance With My Dad The Night Before She Passed Away After A 15 Year Battle With Cancer
This hit home for me. My aunt was a very healthy woman. By the time cancer was done with her, she was unrecognizable. RIP both ladies
My 6'2" beloved weighed 78 pounds when he passed. I could barely see the man I loved, but my heart saw him just fine.
Load More Replies...Reminds me of my nana. Her body looked the same and it just breaks my heart.
Dying 7-Year-Old-Boy Tells His Seriously Ill Mother To Let Him Die So He Can Give Her His Kidney And Save Her
There are grown adults who wouldn't be able to be this selfless. This boy was wise beyond his seven years.
I love the way the medical staff pay honour to the dead who bravely donate their organs!
On the other hand , a part of him is with her back where he started, just next to her heart.
Load More Replies...Wow so sad... I had to look it up, heartbreaking story :( http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2596160/Tragic-seven-year-old-boy-dying-brain-tumour-tells-seriously-ill-mother-let-die-receive-kidney-save-life.html
Awww! That hit me hard!!! 😭 He's so selfless! I hope he went to heaven!
Cancer Patient Mario, 54, Says Goodbye To The Giraffes At Rotterdam Zoo, Whose Enclosure He Used To Clean
Oh yeah, I read a very touching article about that. The giraffes all came to tell him goodbye. It was amazing.
Five-Year-Old Girl Suffering From Cystic Fibrosis Is Granted Her Dying Wish To ‘Marry’ Her Best Friend In Heartbreaking Wedding Ceremony Just Hours Before She Passes
S**t... this one made a grown 38 year old man cry. Like literally tears streaming...So sad.
Doesn't matter how old you are and if you're man or woman, it's heartbreaking.
Load More Replies...i have cystic fibrosis. there'shundred of these stories unfortunately.
Tattoo Artist Grants 12-Year-Old Boy’s Last Wish With Colourful Markers
This Girl Gets Her Dying Wish Of Being Serenaded By Florence And The Machine
Yeah they are really down to earth and just truly wonderful people
Load More Replies...I'd like to see a "make a last wish" for elders, left in nursing homes to simply rot away with no visitors. Believe me, their wishes would be simple.
I can't keep looking at these. I'm crying harder than I should be sitting alone at home.
Dying Dad Walks His 11-Year-Old Daughter Down The 'Aisle' To Give Her A Lasting Memory
Poor dad... Poor girl =( So many memories they have and won't get to have anymore...
Yeah. I understand the wish to have kids but at some point people need to stop being egoistic and think about their child. This poor girl is 11 and she will witness the end of the life of her old father.
Load More Replies...Single Father With Terminal Cancer's Final Wish Came True When He Found A Foster Family For His Four-Year-Old Son Before Dying
Oh wow. That man would have been in the worst place mentally. Worrying about his sons future. So horrible. I'm glad he found a family.
After 75 Years Of Marriage, This Couple Died In Each Others’ Arms Hours Apart
This reminds me when they found two skeletons in a tomb lining the in a kissing position
I hope I get to pass with my love this way. Truly a beautiful bond.
WOW. Not all of us can have that, but it would be amazing to be able to pass over with your partner. Together forever.
Cancer-Stricken Son Holds Dying Dad's Hand One Last Time
My Grandma Wanted To See The Ocean One Last Time Before Checking Into Hospice. Her Face Says It All
A Former Show Jumper Crippled By Parkinson's Disease Fulfills Her Dream Of Riding A Horse For The Final Time At The Age Of 87
Dying Vietnam Vet Asks For A Final Meeting With Beloved Horses Outside Hospital
Dying World War Two Engineer Gets Last Wish Granted: To Be Reunited With Iconic Plane, After Bosses See Him Staring Forlornly Through Fence From His Wheelchair
That is so great of them to do that for an old man , to make his wish come true.
Tijn Has One Last Wish: To Prevent Children Dying From Pneumonia. So He Challenged People To Paint Their Nails And Donate Money. He Has Raised Over 2.6 Million Euros To This Day
As a Dutchman, I'm proud of this hero. He did this for a Dutch radio action called Serious Request, which takes place once a year, for victims of natural disasters, deadly viruses, etc. Thanks Tijn.
Sad they missed the part where it says that Tijn was seriously ill and dying..
Load More Replies...Hospice Patient Receives Dying Wish To Snuggle Some Kittens
A Dying Homeless Man’s Last Wish Was To See His Dog One More Time
One More Visit Home To See His Newborn Sister
Dying Father Gets His Final Wish: To See Son Graduate
😢😢 my dad wasn't there to see me graduate... this moment is simply so heart wrenching
North Carolina Neighborhood Celebrates Christmas In October So A Dying Woman Can Have Her Last Christmas
Devoted Music Teacher Gives Last Lesson From A Hospital Bed As His Dying Wish To Pass On His Experience To His Students
He must have been a great teacher, look how his students are trying to hide their tears.
none of them are trying to hide it, if they are they can't.
Load More Replies...I'm getting too emotionally caught up, and this one just made me finally cry, seeing that the students cared for him!
Students in my school would've been laughing. (Not me)
Load More Replies...Dame Helen Mirren 'Knights' Dying Boy, 10, After Making His Wish For The Queen To Come To Have Tea With Him Come True
Is she dressed up and "maked up" as the Queen? What a beautiful lady, both younger and older.
She played The Queen in the movie "The Queen", hope this helps.
Load More Replies...Helen Mirren played the Queen already in the so named movie. She is a wonderful actor and person . 💝
I thought there couldn't be any more reasons to love Helen Mirren...
Thousands Of Carolers Surround Home Of Dying Girl, 8, To Fulfill Her Wish For A Massive Christmas Sing-Along
Chills!! it must have been sooooo beautiful !! such sweetness this little one!
3-Year-Old Old Girl's Last Wish Was To Meet A Prince And Princess
James Wathen Is Reunited With His Dog Bubba One Last Time Before Death
Looks like it is old and probably not too far behind.
Load More Replies...Father Dying Of Terminal Cancer Has Wish To See His Daughter Graduate From His Alma Matter Granted After Texas A&M Brings The Ceremony To Him
Wyatt Gillette, The 8-Year-Old Son Of A Marine Drill Instructor, Was Named An Honorary Marine One Day Before Dying
Oh that poor boy was so ill. Full of medication causing him to swell.
My daughter said the same 2 days ago. It is true.No parent should bury there child.
That's a parents worst nightmare. It's not supposed to happen. The lord did not equip me to handle something like this. Bless their hearts.
Terminally Ill Air Force Veteran Granted Last Wish Of Sky Diving
One Terminally Ill Woman's Last Wish Was A Visit To The Hospital To See The Scans Of Her Unborn Grandchild
Jack Benny Arranged To Have A Single Red Rose Sent To His Wife Every Day After He Was Gone
by moving on. Remembering and honoring does not mean one cannot move on.
Load More Replies...One Last Visit To The Grave Of His Daughter
It's only goodbye for a short time, then they will be reunited eternally
Reminds of my aunt who lived in London and died there from cancer, and my grandfather who was really old and only two weeks later we told him about her and then he died peacefully in his sleep.
101-Year-Old Meets Newborn Great-Granddaughter Before Dying Days Later
That happened to me (as a newborn) and my great grandmother. I was told that she couldn't see anymore, so she would just touch my face to be able to "feel" what I looked like.
I love that her nails are long and painted and she is still wearing her rings. Fashionable till the end!
Dying Forest Ranger Was Granted His Last Wish To See His Beloved Woods One Last Time
Last Wish Of A Terminally Ill Woman Was A Private Viewing Of The Rembrandt Exhibition
Angel De Jesus Zamora's Wish Was Fulfilled When He Was Crowned Chief For A Day Because He Will Never Grow Up To Be One
the word that killed me is (he will never grow up to be one) ! oh lord have mercy
Saying Goodbye To His Farm
Jonathan’s Last Wish Was To Provide A Much Needed Irrigation System For The Mbuya Nehanda Children’s Home, An Orphanage In Melfort, Zimbabwe
Kailem Married His Girlfriend, Brandi-Lee Wadwell, In A Small Ceremony By His Hospital Bed
My cousin got married that way and 20 years later she is still single.
i'm pretty sure she was well aware of the situation
Load More Replies...Teenager Marries Her Terminally Ill High School Sweetheart In A Heartbreaking Hospital Ceremony Just Days Before He Dies In The Hospital
This shows true love that she will be able to hold on to a little something of him forever.
While gut-wrenchingly beautiful & heartbreaking, why should 2 lives be destroyed by this tragedy? Nothing could be done to prevent the loss of one young adult, so why prolong another one's pain & suffering as well? And she's only a teenager! Not only does she not fully comprehend what she is doing, but what if she never recovers because she's "holding on to him forever"? His death is a tragedy in its own right; why inflict more hardship to that misfortune?
Had to say the same thing for the story above this one...You do acts like this for them, not only for yourself.
Load More Replies...Dying Man, 92, Is Granted His Last Wish To Hold Hands With His Wife Of 66 Years As The Couple Meets For The Last Time Two Hours Before He Dies
Miles Scott Got To Be Batkid For A Day
Miles is doing great, with his leukemia in remission. http://www.ktvu.com/news/185383441-story
Terminally Ill Dad Leads His Daughter Down The Aisle 2 Weeks Before He Passes
His Last Wish Was Seeing His Ponies
Final Catch. Dying Vietnam Veteran Fulfills His Last Wish By Being Wheeled To Pond In His Hospital Bed To Go Fishing
I remember this story. The man was in hospice at a VA medical center . He caught several fish & I'm glad he did.
maybe the fish knew, and felt they needed to give up their life?
Load More Replies...This Woman's Wish Came True When She Met Lionel Richie
Very kind of him to do this for this sweet woman. She must have had many wonderful thoughts and memories from this day.
He Wanted To See The Dolphins Playing For The Last Time
No, the guy in Rotterdam Zoo was even more weak and wouldn't have been able to "get up" like that.
Load More Replies...Could have at least filtered the water a little for the dolphins...Hate seeing any creature in dirty tanks of any kind.
Dying Father Gets His Final Wish: To See Son Graduate When The School Throws An Impromptu Ceremony
All This Woman Wanted Was Saying Goodbye To Her Animals
Terminally Ill Groom Fulfills His Final Wish In This Last Minute Wedding
I've seen this on video. They're Filipino and has been featured on local tv magazines. He died later that night. What's really heartbreaking is that he died of the same disease his father had. He was the second man in his family to pass. Then his younger brother got the same disease and died a few years later. Now the youngest brother is battling the same disease. I'm not sure now if he survived. Liver cancer's a b***h. I feel so sad their mom.
Really? Damn. I know this Ive watched this on our local news and tv programs but never knew that almost his entire family suffers cancer. 😕😢
Load More Replies...All This Terminally Ill Man Wanted For His Wish Was To Go Home Again
Linda's Final Wish Was To Raise Enough Money So That Her Parents Didn't Have To Pay For Her Funeral
No one should have to worry about that when they are faced with death. So heartbreaking to think this was on her mind when her wish should have been something other than worrying about money.
Dying Patient's Last Wish Comes True As She Is Reunited With Beloved Horse For Final Time
Hospital Makes Exception And Allows Couple Married 73 Years To Be Together In Same Room
Not sure which country separates old, married people but certainly not Germany. It is totally normal for couples to in the same room here.
Terminally Ill Patient Had "The Best Day Of His Life" When His Wish For The Last Ride Was Fulfilled
Terminally Ill Star Wars Fan Gets His Dying Wish As He's Granted Access To Early Force Awakens Screening
I read about this one... ech... so sad, yet so nice that he actually could see it.
That is really cool given how incredibly secretive studios are (and have to be) with their big movies.
A Scottish Teen Fulfilled His Dying Wish Of Taking His Girlfriend To The Prom
Cancer Patient Fulfilled Dying Wish To Marry Former College Sweetheart He Dated 30 Years Earlier In Valentine's Day Ceremony
Touching Moment: Crew Stand And Salute Dying Pearl Harbor Sailor As He Is Granted Final Wish To Board The Dewey Again
A Costumed Worker Entertains A Smiling Patient On Her Classic Wish For A 3-Day Trip To Euro Disney
Terminally Ill 14-Year-Old Girl's Last Wish: To Have A Prom
Once More To The Beach
This Woman Got To See The Beach And Feel The Sand One Last Time
This got to me the most... I'd be lying if I said i wasn't already crying through the other 67, but this one...feeling sand for the last time.. my biggest fear in death is not being able to physically feel anything..not emotionally.
New Hampshire Teacher Harriet Richardson Ames, 100, Meets Dream Of Getting Degree A Day Before Dying
Terminally Ill Man Given Weeks To Live Fulfills Wish To Touch The Sea One Last Time
92-Year-Old Grandmother Gets Dying Wish To Fly In A Rainbow Motorized Parachute Fulfilled
This Gentleman Wanted To See His Hometown From Above
Wedding In The Back Yard So Grandpa Could Be There To Give Granddaughter Away..
amazing girl. She gave up a fancy wedding that she could have so her dad could walk her down the asle. True love right there.
I Didn't Have A Picture But My Grandma Wanted Her Entire Family With Her While She Died
I don't have a picture either, Julia, but my mother-in-law, in the last sentence I heard her utter from her hospital deathbed, said, "I wish I could go home and cook just one more meal for my family". The power of her words and the love they evoke reminds me how important the simple acts of just living are. Family and mealtime are everything. Your grandmother would be so happy you appreciated and remembered her desire to get her family all together.
These are such beautifully sad endings to these people's life, and the last wishes are so diverse. You never really know how much time you have. Life is too short to go to bed mad, to not tell people how you feel, and to assume you will always have tomorrow. I hope all these sweet people are happy wherever their spirits have gone now.
As I continue to age(I'm 72) I realize that I am getting ever closer to that "one last beer request". I hope there will be someone there to honor it.
I'm crying my eyes out. Because 2 hours ago i heard that my own father is dying.
Its hard to see the little ones pass away, they barely started their life
These break my heart... But I can't help but notice how much love is in each of these stories. It is so refreshing to see so many good people. This is so humbling for me...
This was beautiful...I actually cried, thank you everyone who fulfilled these people's wishes cri-58d31a...7d79e1.gif
These are such beautifully sad endings to these people's life, and the last wishes are so diverse. You never really know how much time you have. Life is too short to go to bed mad, to not tell people how you feel, and to assume you will always have tomorrow. I hope all these sweet people are happy wherever their spirits have gone now.
As I continue to age(I'm 72) I realize that I am getting ever closer to that "one last beer request". I hope there will be someone there to honor it.
I'm crying my eyes out. Because 2 hours ago i heard that my own father is dying.
Its hard to see the little ones pass away, they barely started their life
These break my heart... But I can't help but notice how much love is in each of these stories. It is so refreshing to see so many good people. This is so humbling for me...
This was beautiful...I actually cried, thank you everyone who fulfilled these people's wishes cri-58d31a...7d79e1.gif
