Several of our readers pointed out that nothing drives home the fact that the older generation is passing away.
From ffejie.
When I was 31, my girlfriend’s mother died suddenly and we had to arrange all the funeral, finances, and house because her father has a mental disorder and was wholly incapable. Our lives fully sucked from the planning and rearranging and it consumed all our free time for months. And my girlfriend never really got a chance to grieve because of it. She has been taking care of him since.
The Golden Ballfield was posted.
When the second parent also died.
Charlie points out that sometimes it isn't the death as much as what surrounds it.
When my mother passed, and I found myself wondering what the funeral plans would be. Then realizing that I was the one to make them.
We don't have to die for our parents. 48crash found out that it can be about realizing that you have grown more mature than your parents.
When I had to mediate an issue between my parents. I was in my mid-20's and felt like I was the only adult in the room!
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