If you have parents who are 75 years and above, please read this carefully.
At that age, something quietly begins to change in them. Their bodies slow down, their energy fades, and the world they once understood starts moving faster than they can keep up with. The people they grew up with are gradually disappearing, their friends are fewer, their strength is not what it used to be, and the house that was once full of responsibility slowly becomes quiet.
Many of them begin to feel invisible.
They may repeat the same stories, ask the same questions, complain about little things, or become more sensitive than they used to be. What many people interpret as stubbornness is often loneliness. What looks like irritation is sometimes fear. They are slowly realizing that life is entering its final chapters.
At that stage, they no longer need us for money as much as they need us for presence.
A short phone call means more than we think. Sitting with them and listening to stories we have heard many times before means more than we realize. Being patient when they forget things means more than we understand.
One day the phone will ring and it will be the news we all try to avoid. When that day comes, the money you were chasing will still be there, the meetings you attended will still continue, but the opportunity to sit with them one more time will be gone forever.
If your parents are 75 and above, you are living in borrowed time with them.
Use it wisely.
anyone else immediately feeling the urge to cry the second they sit down at their desk because work feels so stupid and pointless when you’re this burnt out and overwhelmed and your nervous system hasn’t known peace in a decade??? no? just me?
In case you needed a timeline cleanse, here is perhaps some of the greatest news you will see for perhaps the next 5 years at least
Genuinely massive breakthrough.
Every one should care about Dr. Mariano Barbacid's accomplishments.
His group developed a triplicate drug combo that blocks the action of the oncogene KRAS at three points, instead of just one in a Pancreatic cancer model.
This is important because Pancreatic cancer is extremely deadly.
The tumour becomes resistant after a few months with current treatments.
This represents a huge milestone in cancer research!!!
https://t.co/cBggewVh9m
Three months ago I called my dad after work.. I said let’s go get some burgers, I got you. Past few years just wanted to cherish these moments with my parents.
We went to a burger spot we’d once went to 20 years ago on our way home from Cedar Point… it was special.
Three days later he was diagnosed at an ER visit with stage 4 pancreatic cancer, an 8 cm mass. Our world changed just like that. Three months later… dad’s in a better place.
It’s surreal, it’s crazy. It never makes sense.
I work in the community. I work with kids/teens with autism. These are the purposes and battles that drive you. It’s what makes you realize what you want to do with your time here on this Earth. Do you want to waste energy being hateful to others?
Or do you want to drive dreams, growth, and help others accomplish their goals. Everyone has dreams. You go talk to anyone. Yeah, everybody has their occupation. But deep down, everyone has a dream/vision that drives them—that gives them life. My goal is always to kinda find that in people, and help fight for that.
A lot of what we truly love is friends, family, community. Sometimes what we want is right in front of us.
I hope to see the day we find a cure to cancer and a lot of things. Our friends, family, strangers… life isn’t fair. But it’s always worth fighting for us…It’s always worth fighting for us.