Our parents can never give us enough. We always want more.
My mom and I have been up and down, as with any relationship. We've had our share of arguments, but we've also spent a lot of wonderful quality time together. She was diagnosed with terminal cancer a year ago, and has managed to live past the doctor's expected "death date" for her. She is not undergoing chemotherapy - but she does take some medication for the pain. I am lucky to have had her as long as I have, lucky that I didn't allow the strain of teenage years to weigh too heavily on our adult relationship, lucky I have kept contact, and lucky to have resolved our differences (even before she told me about her diagnosis).
But for others... why is it so easy to say goodbye? So easy to let things ruin your relationship? So easy to let such an important bond slip through your fingertips. So easy not to put yourselves in their shoes? So easy not to forgive - to hold a grudge? We have to live with every decision we make in life, can you live with the ones you have made so far?
I am of the belief that family is important and no matter what disagreements may lie between you and your parents, no matter what grievances are their, they are still your parents. Why have we lost sight of these beliefs in contemporary society? Why have we lost respect for our elders? Why do we take ANYTHING in life for granted?
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