Do we appreciate the things our parents do for us?
My family is special to me, and when i was younger i didnt know how much my mom had to work to get me what i wanted/needed. Now i see what she goes through to keep this family on our feet and a roof over our heads. She works all day, really she does, and my mom isnt the only one, like my family, we are mexican-american/hispanic (however u want to call it) and as many people think, we are the poor ones. I dont consider myself poor, although financially we struggle, but im just glad to have the family i have.
What some of us dont notice or pay attention to is what our parents do, they work and the money they get, they barely even use it for themselves, they rather use it on us and on what we need. We need to appreciate them and say thank you! Seriously, they deserve it, they work their butts off for us, and the way i know im gonna repay my mom is by gettin an education and having a career, that way she wont have to work so much. We will grow older and have a family of our own, once that happens, you will see what it really is to be a parent, the sacrifices we would have to do as parents. Our parents deserve the best, just look at what they have been through, specially to those that have came from other countries, not only mexico, but from all over the world. We need to appreciate what they do for us...
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As horrible as it is to admit it, I know for a fact that I don't give my father nearly as much credit as he deserves. But it isn't that I don't know his sacrifices--in fact, I'm acutely aware of the things he has done for me and does do every single day. I'm just a spoiled little brat. ._.
Lately, I have been trying to make up for this. Now that I'm older, I do realize that one day, he won't be here to protect me. One day, I won't be able to watch those movies with him like he wanted to. And one day, he won't be here to hug another day. I am not the only person in this house, and I need to let him know I appreciate the sacrifices he's made. He has done so much for his family--the man has gray hair when in reality, it shouldn't be there yet! It hurts to see what his kids have done to him and to know I was a part of it.
All I can do, however, is love him. We all need to show them, whether or not they already know that you do, that we love them--be with them whenever you can because one day, you -will- miss them when they're gone.
:)
RB
I come from a single-parent household. I have 6 siblings, all of us are under the age of 18.
I thank my lucky stars that I have my mother. Most mothers would say that they are strong enough to do what my mother does in one day. I don't think that I could with one child.
It sounds like we are two of the luckiest people in the world. Both of us plan to give our mothers a gift of making sure that we have higher education.