So were they

Remember how people always tell you time flies after you hit 20? I think it’s pretty much true. We complaint that we are old every now and then..just because we can’t run as fast as years before without panting like a dog or because we felt so worn out after staying up just for a night.

Well, everybody gets older each day…so there’s nothing unusual. Meanwhile, when we are so obsessed over us growing older..we might have forgotten that so were our parents. At some point of time, they might not be able to understand the thing that you learnt, might not be able to cook by themselves, clean themselves, do their laundry and etc.

I drafted this few days ago, and today I read a similar story posted on fb, with the title of ‘Freedom can wait, I’m staying put for Dad’. I couldn’t agree more with the writer on the points she elaborated:

·         …this tickets to freedom comes with an attached ‘responsibility’ voucher and I must weight both carefully

·         ..it is now my turn to acknowledge that with freedom comes a duty I owe my old man who gave up his own freedom decades ago to raise three daughters.

·         ..the overseas plans can wait. For now, I will stay. Because even though I have never been a Daddy’s girl, I am my father’s daughter

Our parent will not be there forever, spend your time with them while they can, not when you can. Make time for them. Of all the things in your list, they should be the priority and they deserve to be. Take time to make plans, movie, dinner, or even just spend your time sitting in the living room with them watching tv is good enough.

We are getting old, so were our parents.