The Hardest Words to Say to Our Parents....
Before It is Too Late We often spend our lives in a state of "becoming" We move to new cities, cross oceans for better opportunities, build careers, and start families of our own. In the relentless pursuit of the future, we carry a quiet, heavy assumption: that the pillars who stood behind us at the beginning, our parents , will always be there, waiting in the shadows of our success. But time is a silent thief. We tell ourselves we will write that letter tomorrow. We tell ourselves we’ll have the "big conversation" during the next holiday visit. We buy cards with pre-printed sentiments because we’re afraid our own voices will crack if we try to say what we actually feel. The truth is, saying " thank you " to a mother or a father isn't just about politeness. It is about acknowledging a debt that can never truly be repaid. It is about recognizing the sacrifices we didn’t see when we were children: the sleepless nights, the deferred dreams, and the quiet...