Mistakes I've Made

I wish I would have listened more when I had the chance. I should have listened to the long, boring stories of my childhood. I wish I would have listened to the stories of my parent’s youth. Now it’s too late. My father has been gone since 1991, and my mother fades away more each day. I believe our lives can be divided into sections. From birth until about age 11 we need our parents for almost everything. We crave their attention and love the time we are with them. From age 11 until about 25 we are embarrassed to be seen with them. They become the most idiotic individuals that God has ever put on earth. When we reach 25, we begin to see that our parents aren’t quite as stupid as we originally thought, but we are so busy trying to assert our independence that we neglect the relationship. How many of us haven’t thought or actually said outloud, “I have my own life, I can’t just hang around with them?” If you are like me, you wait until it is almost too late to realize that you shouldn’t have been running away. I shouldn’t have tried to be quite so independent. I should have taken the time to be more involved with my mother, and talked to her when she called instead of letting it go to voice mail. I was too busy. I hope my children learn from my mistakes, because their mother has a lot to say!!