Re: Parents, Aging and Sudden Illness
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how can we make ourselves strong in taking care of them?
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By remembering everything that they did for us, from the moment we were conceived. Remembering how our mother carried us inside her for 9 months, sacrificing her own comfort and ease. Remembering how she gave birth to us and endured the labor. Remembering how many sleepless nights they had because of us. How they took care of us when we were sick. How they wouldnt eat until we ate. How they wouldnt rest until we were alseep. How they could never be happy unless we were. How they cared for our own comfort and security a hundred times more than they did for their own. How much they gave and gave and gave unconditionally for us, even when we became adults. Your husband/wife has their own place in your life and heart. Obviously you love them tremendously and would do anything for them. But nothing can ever match the relationship between a child and parent. No matter how old we get or how busy or how much whatever, we should never never stop cherishing and honoring this ultra special relationship