Anderson Cooper

The adult to adult thing is a little bit of a trap because you think down the line, it's all going to be equal.

We're going to be kicking back.

We're going to talk about all this stuff.

And sometimes the time to do all that is right in the moment.

This was one of the things that I was thinking about knowing we were going to have this conversation, which is so valuable, these conversations you've had with

deeply soulful feeling people.

What can I bring to the table of grief and feeling these things and being able to talk about it?

The one thing I kept coming back to is don't waste the moments that arrive where you have that little voice that says, forget adult to adult.

You're here now.

Talk to them now.

Tell them you love them now.

Because this is the moment where the little voice inside is telling you to do it.

and do it now.

That really became a thing.

Like, I wish every time that little voice inside had said, this could be the last time you ever see this person, tell them you love him.

I mostly listened to it, but with my dad,

The last time I talked to him, I didn't listen to it.

So it was the one time I never told him I loved him in a million conversations.

And of course, it was the last time.

So say it.