this morning, i went jogging with my dad :) half way around the lake, my dad stopped. he said he is tired and asked me to continue. at that moment, it struck me that my dad is old. he is no longer the man that used to run faster than the wind in running competition. no longer able to chase after his son from upstairs to downstairs and back to upstairs. no longer able to be like how he used to be.
as we grow up, our parents grow old. recently, something that happened in my family made me realise my parents will leave me anytime. one friend asked me, are you prepared for all these? to face all these unforeseen incidents? my answer is no. it never occur to me that my parents will leave me. i know i am naive to think that they will always be there for me, forever. but, i am just not prepared.
''have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish had back.'' mitch albom - for one more day
I LOVE YOU, thats the one thing that i want to say to my parents now, but being brought up in a way that we don't normally express our love verbally, its pretty hard for me to say it to them, neither do they say it to me. but i know, they love me more than anyone else on earth. some people say 'i love you' so easily, just like saying 'how are you' . its hard for me to say it unless i really mean it. and in my family, we just weren't brought up this way to express our love to each so openly. haha. i guess, we show our love by actions :)
as we grow up, our parents grow old. recently, something that happened in my family made me realise my parents will leave me anytime. one friend asked me, are you prepared for all these? to face all these unforeseen incidents? my answer is no. it never occur to me that my parents will leave me. i know i am naive to think that they will always be there for me, forever. but, i am just not prepared.
''have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish had back.'' mitch albom - for one more day
I LOVE YOU, thats the one thing that i want to say to my parents now, but being brought up in a way that we don't normally express our love verbally, its pretty hard for me to say it to them, neither do they say it to me. but i know, they love me more than anyone else on earth. some people say 'i love you' so easily, just like saying 'how are you' . its hard for me to say it unless i really mean it. and in my family, we just weren't brought up this way to express our love to each so openly. haha. i guess, we show our love by actions :)
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i try to treat my parents well by hugging them helping them to massage talking to them more etc but i know no matter what i do now, i'm still gonna be unprepared and sad and don't know what to do when they really leave me... we really can't do much except to make them happy and proud of themselves for having such a good child =)
haha. but at least, ur mom said "we love you" to you. i think it is just very hard for that happen in my family.
heh, i think we shouldn't think of such sad things of prepared or not, remember secret? :)
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