Watching your parents go from active and “with it” to inactive and forgetful is pretty difficult. I guess that’s difficult at any age, isn’t it? But how do we help our kids process this change as life happens? I have a friend at church who was an amazing guy. He sang in the choir for 60 years, was active, walked every day. He was funny. Quick as a whip. Today, he’s just a shadow of that man—mostly unresponsive and confined to a wheelchair at the care facility. While these changes are hard for kids sometimes, use it as a teaching moment. Let them see you honor, respect, and interact with your failing parents. Remember, they’ll be in the same situation with you before you know it.
My parents are getting so frail.
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