The quiet moment we metaphorically become the parents of our parents
Getting older is hard.
But sometimes, loving someone who is getting older can be hard too.
There comes a season in life when the roles begin to shift quietly.
The hands that once guided you now need support.
The voice that once knew all the answers now asks for help.
The person who once carried the home may no longer be able to carry what life requires.
Bills still need to be paid.
Food still needs to be bought.
Appointments still need to be made.
The weight of daily life still needs someone to hold it.
And slowly, without ceremony, that someone becomes you.
Not because they stop being your parent.
Not because love changes.
But because life asks you to hold the ones who once held you.
Sometimes they resist.
Sometimes pride speaks louder than vulnerability.
Sometimes fear wears the mask of control.
And sometimes your own exhaustion answers back with silence, impatience, or resentment.
Because no one teaches you how to do this part.
How to guide without disrespecting.
How to help without taking dignity.
How to stay patient when your own heart feels tired.
Maybe Wave 21 is about showing us the real lesson is this:
love is not only who carried you first…
but who keeps carrying each other until the end.
Some days both sides are right.
Some days no one is wrong at all — only overwhelmed.
And beneath every difficult moment is something sacred:
Love changing shape.
-TodayWaves
Have you ever felt like the child and the adult at the same time?
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