Letting go, someday

My friend, Tori at Babybloomr has a beautiful post about her aging parents:

I am fundamentally, at my core, not ready to let them go.

I will when I have to, I know, I know. My parents have taught me well and I want them to be proud of me. Of course, they’ve had the advantage of a lifetime of practice, a lifetime of watching us all come and go. They’ve already learned what I am still trying to accept, and I see it in their faces every time I pull out of their driveway and head for home– “You can do this. It’s hard, but it’s OK. Don’t worry about us, we’ll be fine.”

It is a must-read. Right now. Go do it.

Comments

By Mauigirl

Thanks for the link to Tori’s blog post – so true about all of us with aging parents. I lost my dad 3 years ago but my mom is till with us and at 89 seems as if she’ll go on forever, but I know that phone call will come someday. It’s hard to imagine a world without her.

By midlife mommy

That was a beautiful post and captures things every so perfectly.

By ERNESTINE

This sharing brought tears to my eyes. The words brought back memories of the last couple of years of my mother’s life. Each time I headed for home and pulled out of the drive – and looked back – there she stood watching me and then a wave. In my mind I can still see this so vividly.