Now that Dad isn't driving, Norm and I are doing our best to give him a ride to and from Chinatown as much as we can. So I picked him up in town late one night and I think he had a few drinks because he couldn't stop talking. He said he has the best family ever. Best wife, no one better than mom and that she wasn't like the other women. Best children.
It was bittersweet hearing this coming from a man who normally doesn't express his feelings other than to criticize. While it's nice to hear that he feels he has the best children, I know it's not neccessarily true. I have not been the best daughter to either my mom nor my dad. My temper has always gotten in the way and I'm lucky my parents never held it against me. I did my best to be patient and to take care of them since mom got sick. Could I have been a better daughter, definitely! I hope to make it up to my Dad while he's still alive. It's too late for my mom but I'd like to believe my mom knew I loved her.....
It was bittersweet hearing this coming from a man who normally doesn't express his feelings other than to criticize. While it's nice to hear that he feels he has the best children, I know it's not neccessarily true. I have not been the best daughter to either my mom nor my dad. My temper has always gotten in the way and I'm lucky my parents never held it against me. I did my best to be patient and to take care of them since mom got sick. Could I have been a better daughter, definitely! I hope to make it up to my Dad while he's still alive. It's too late for my mom but I'd like to believe my mom knew I loved her.....
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