If we live long enough and our parents live long enough, there will come a day when we have to take on the role as the "parent" if you will. I can tell you now, that is not an easy role to take on. Even if your parents had to do that with their parents and knew how hard it was there is a great chance they will not remember that when the tables are turned and they find themselves on that side.
To make matters even harder, you try to maintain that respect relationship of they are your parents, but then they get ugly and sometimes just down right nasty about things and you are fearful that those lines will get blurred.
I am there now! Not knowing how much to push and feeling hurt all the time. It's not a good place to be in.
I encourage anyone reading this to get your affairs in order and make sure all your wishes are in writing and legal so your children do not have to endure this with you. It's not a good place for either party for sure.
Tebo and I are taking care of just that this week. I feel relieved to know we are getting this taken care of. These are never easy conversations to have, but I would much rather have them now than to wait until things take a turn and then scramble to get things in order.
It's my hope that our kids do not have to go through what myself and some of my siblings are going through today. It's just hard in a whole different kind of way.
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