Parents

This week, I want to talk about parents. First, I should mention that I'm 25 years old, and I'm not a parent myself. Everything I'm going to share here will just be my ideas and assumptions. So, it's possible that you might not agree with me or that I'll write something wrong—this can happen, but it won't be intentional.

The reason I want to talk about parents is that I was at the supermarket this week, and I saw a teenager who was probably screaming at his mom. That made me start thinking about it. Teenagers don't have an easy life. They're trying to figure themselves out, and I really understand that because I was the same. I even remember a day when I screamed at my mom, and when I look back on it now, I feel really ashamed. She was just trying to help me, but I thought I knew everything. I thought I was the smartest person on the planet. Obviously, I wasn't—she was right.

But what I mean by this is that being a parent isn't easy. We need to remember that our parents are also learning how to make the right decisions. They're experiencing many situations for the first time, and sometimes they just don't know what to do. Despite the challenges, they have to take care of everything around the house—thinking about insurance, buying groceries, and doing all the things we don't even realize.

But they love us. They worry about us all the time. They want the best for us, and yes, sometimes we disagree with them. Sometimes it's hard, but they're still our parents, and that won't change.

Even though they do so much to make our lives easier and happier, we don't always make it easy for them. So, if you're lucky enough to have one or two parents, please take a moment to tell them that you love them and that you're grateful for everything they do.