The Burden of Aging Parents?
Aging parents can certainly be a huge burden; this article shares poignantly in this experience.
Atlantic Monthly Magazine “Daddy Issues”
“Why caring for my aging father has me wishing he would die”
Recently, a colleague at my radio station asked me, in the most cursory way, as we were waiting for the coffee to finish brewing, how I was. To my surprise, in a motion as automatic as the reflex of a mussel being poked, my body bent double and I heard myself screaming:
“I WAAAAAAAANT MY FATHERRRRRR TO DIEEEEE!!!”
Startled, and subtly stepping back to put a bit more distance between us, my co-worker asked what I meant.
“What I mean, Rob, is that even if, while howling like a banshee, I tore my 91-year-old father limb from limb with my own hands in the town square, I believe no jury of my peers would convict me. Indeed, if they knew all the facts, I believe any group of sensible, sane individuals would actually roll up their shirtsleeves and pitch in.”
The remainder of the article can be found here:
http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/03/daddy-issues/308890/
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