Love the human affect god bless him
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10 Acts of Kindness That Teach Us Compassion Still Guides Lonely Families to Happiness in 2026
People
06/10/2026
Happiness in 2026 is not found in office achievements or workplace success. More often than not, it is found in a phone answered at 3am, a neighbor who called every day for 7 months, or a father who drove through the night without being asked. The World Happiness Report found that people who live with close family bonds consistently report greater wellbeing, with researchers noting that households are fundamentally “relational spaces, a community of caring and sharing, where strong interpersonal relationships shape how happy people feel.” These 10 real moments are proof that compassion still guides the loneliest families back to each other, almost always from a direction nobody saw coming.
- My landlord gave me 24 hours notice for an inspection the same week my husband had walked out and left me with 2 kids, no income, and a house that looked exactly like what it was, a place where someone had just left in a hurry. I spent that night trying to hold it together enough to clean up and failed completely. The inspector showed up the next morning, walked through the house, wrote something on his clipboard, and left without saying much. Two days later my landlord called. He said the inspector had written in his report that the property was in satisfactory condition and had added a personal note saying the tenant appeared to be going through a difficult time and he was recommending a 3 month rent freeze as a goodwill gesture. The inspector had no authority to recommend that. He just did it anyway and my landlord had honored it. I never met that man again. I have thought about him every single month since.
- I put my mom in a nursing home at 79. She cried at the door, “I won’t be a burden. Don’t leave me.” I drove home and sat in my car for a long time. I had no choice financially and I told myself that every single day for 7 months. Last week a nurse called me and said, “Does your mother have any enemies?” I said what? She said, “Someone calls her every day and she keeps telling us it’s someone trying to get her in trouble. We got concerned and wanted to flag it.” I called my mom immediately. She said, “It’s Margaret, your neighbour from next door. She calls every morning at 9. We do the crossword over the phone. I didn’t tell you because I didn’t want you thinking I was fine in here.” She had been telling the nurses it was an enemy because she was too proud to say she needed the calls. Margaret had been doing this every single day for 7 months without telling me or asking for anything. Just making sure my mom had something to look forward to that wasn’t waiting for me. I called Margaret that night and couldn’t even get through the first sentence before I started crying. She said, “She’s been my neighbor for 22 years. What was I supposed to do?” I brought my mom home 3 months later when things got better. On the day I went to pick her up she was laughing with 2 other residents in the common room and almost didn’t hear me walk in. That was the best thing I have ever seen.
What a great niebor and friend .your amazing daughter
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Op's mom says she's talking to "you're neighbor" and then she says towards the end "she's been my neighbor", which is it, is she OP's neighbor or is she Op's mother's neighbor?
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Never leave ur mom anywhere, pl... I took care of my mom for 3yrs lk a child, changing her diapers, cleaning, giving her a shower, feeding, everything & being a human I used to yell at her sometimes, which i regret every single day... I lost her two yrs back😢
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I promise my mom she would never go in nursing home. I was a cna and 90 percent of those homes you have workers either abuse ,neglect or steal patients stuff. I had to even report a nurse . I left the job once they made flu shots mandatory. If its low budget or government paying your family will not get treated well.
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The comment didn't pass the sanity test.
100%
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Amen im so happy that you have a good neighbor Thank you for sharing 😊😊😊😊
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You should never put your mother in a nursing home after she gave birth to you and raised you all your life. Bet she even baby set for you. Think about her next time not you.
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What an arrogant thing to say. Do you think you are God? Only a POS person would tell someone what to do without knowing their personal circumstances.
Keep your opinions to yourself
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miss you don't know their situation so I think your comment is mean 😭
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Was there a comment here?
See earlier reply. Sometimes it is easier and maybe be grateful that you haven't really the foggiest clue of other people's problems
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Shhh! The comment is asleep.
Not nice, you evidently have no idea!
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Do you have any idea how difficult it is to take care of another person who can't do anything for themselves? Unless you're a professional, it can be difficult. You are just being ignorant.
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Wow, so amazing 👏!
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Beware of "cap gains tax". I don't know a lot about it, just check with a lawyer first.
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Did u not read where she said financially she wasn't able to,but things got better,I believe when she got home,she cried her eyes out,couldn't had been an easy decision,but she brought her home when things got better with God's help.financially,he worked on her behalf.god bless
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😁😁😁😁😁
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I was forced to let my partner be placed in a care home for Alzheimer's suffered. I put up a fight the day she was taken and I was arrested for assault. My love for her overtook common sense as it was the best thing for her. I visited her nearly every day for six years and in May last year she passed away. Placing someone you love in a care home isn't the end of the world. It just feels like it when it happens.
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Shame on you. Who are you to judge her for putting her mother there she said she couldn't find financially keep her at home at the time but when she could she went and got her mother. I know people that try and keep them home and they can't take care of him properly and the person is locked in their room or abused by their own family because they can't properly do it you can't judge what she can do and you don't know what you would do in that same situation
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Taking care of another human being can be very difficult if you're not a professional, like a nurse. And how is OP supposed to survive if she can't work because ignorant twits like yourself expect adult children to take care of their elderly parents day and night at their home.
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S-A-D! (Situations Are Different!).
An aging child, often suffering the ravages of time themselves, and who takes care of an aging and sometimes infirm parent, is *not* the equivalent to a young, energetic parent who takes care of a small-sized infant/child who is generally not in physical pain and whose behavior is more controllable. So yes, our parents took care of us, but it does *not,* therefore, follow that an aging child should become a 24 hour per day, year-round "professional caregiver" to an elderly parent. Let's discuss issues without shaming others for making different decisions based on *their* individual, first hand real life circumstances. There is room for much improvement in elder care, but until that occurs, I like to think most people do about as well as they can when facing such dilemmas. Certainly, we can all agree to be supportive of one another, especially toward the one most in need (much like Margaret). Peace to all!
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Eggs Act Lee!
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I guess I'll be that person in the comments that doesn't coddle you for your choice and say its okay. Putting a parent in a home is absurd. When you were little your mom managed to juggle everything, and i mean EVERYTHING. Many moms managed to do it with more than one child as well. Yet you have these adult children that will put a parent in a home because they can't manage life beyond their own. You have to work? So did your mom. Sick? Your mom has been sick many times. Exhausted? That comes along with being a mom. Mom's also had to manage their personal lives and some had to manage their husband's lives as well. They did it with a smile on their face and they made it through. Yet a lot of younger people will stick their parents in a home, and the majority of the time it's because they don't want to lose their personal life. How dare an adult child admit their parent into a home after all that they have done for you. Hell, they're battling old age, but I can guarantee that she's still your number one fan and would give her left arm for you. Now, I understand that there are times when living in a facility or similar environment is necessary for medical reasons or whatever, so obviously those situations don't apply. All I can say is I lost my mom 10 years ago this September and if you haven't lost a parent yet, trust me when I say that the pain is very real and it stays with you. I did everything I could for my mom up until the moment she passed in the bedroom down the hall. I would give anything to have just one more moment with her. So if you have your parents still, don't let a moment go by because you'll never get them back
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It isn't absurd at all. I mean, good for you, having a parent who you were able to look after, but not everyone is in the same situation. You're speaking through your own experiences and laying down opinions as though they are fact.
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Exactly. I took care of my mother until I was physically unable to do so after her last hospitalization. She was already in a wheelchair and needed help with movement, but her disease got the best of her and made it where she couldn't even sit up by herself, she had to go to the nursing home where they have people 24/7 to help and the specialized equipment there for her needs. Luckily though she only stayed for about 3 months when God decided to take her to heaven. I broke my back and my finances taking care of her as long as I could inside her own home- but there's a point where they just get so sick and immobile, you just can't do it anymore. Thus, don't judge people because they can't carry the heavy burden of in home care for their parents!
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My grandma cought muscular distrophy at age 50, she still had 2 children at home, my mom was her oldest daughter. My mom had 5 children under 13 . We lived the closest to Mammaw and PAppaw. My
Mom had no room in our 3 bedroom house for her parents. Mammaw needing round the clock care as she was unable to move. Mom put her in a nursing home. We visited weekly . Mamaw spent 30 years being cared for. Out lived 3 of her children. And my papaw. Sometimes family members aren't the best place for elderly.
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Not all mothers evoke 'warm & fuzzy' thoughts!
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Exactly! I would have never done this for my parents, especially my dad. He was a mean old mister.
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This comment was too dangerous for society.
My Mother in law was livid that I would make such a suggestion for her to look into assisted living, The entire family turned on me, She was a amputate but still mobile, No one offered to take her in and I didn't have the space. Turned out she made so many friends, Went on shopping and other outings. She loved it!
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That was the case with my mother. She had lived alone several years after my father passed. She was an extremely independent and I wasn't sure if a home was the best thing for her. After one of my friends called her, I realized it had been a good choice. She told my friend that she had not had so much fun in a long time. She told her about all the activities, the friends she had made and the fact that everything was taken cate of for her.
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I am a full-time caregiver to my disabled husband and I was also my mother's caregiver for over 11 years. That is something that if you do not have plenty of people helping you, it becomes sometimes unbearable, isolating, depression. Don't be so harsh to judge. We don't know the entirety of her story. AND burnout for caregivers is A REAL STRUGGLE.
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God bless you! I did retire two years early to take care of my Sweetie (my husband). He was my heart and soul. We were married 51 years, 2 months, 1 week and 6 days when he passed. I literally thought I was also going to die. I felt like I could not breathe, I went to my therapist 3 days a week, upped seeing my psychiatrist to every 4 weeks; they then made a referral for me to go to my local psychiatric clinic three days a week for six months. It was a total Godsend for me. If you are struggling, don't be afraid to ask for help.
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Sometimes nursing homes is the best option
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You are a bad daughter for putting your mother into a nursing home. Be ashamed
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Do not judge others. You have no idea about their situation.
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So harsh to judge people! I am 87, just widowed two years ago. My three children helped me sell the big house and move back to where I am close to two of them, in a senior trailer park. I look back two years and see quite a decline in my ability to take care of myself. I wonder if it wouldn't have been a lot more fun, and easier, had I gone to assisted care. Only hope the Lord takes me home soon. Kids are close, but that doesn't help. I'm having a tough time.
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Her mums sounds horrible tbh.
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Your a piece of ս and should not judge anyone !! Karma buddy unless your wealthy or have a lot of help you have no choice
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Wrong, some times family members aren't qualified to care for elderly
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Be ashamed of your utter lack of compassion.
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Who the heck are you to judge? Not everyone is in a good situation to be a full-time caregiver. YOU should be ashamed for judging what you do not know.
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Ok, Karen.
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Beautiful Awesomely GREAT story God Bless
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Sometimes parents become vulnerable and unable to look after themselves. Perhaps, with dementia a risk to themselves and others. This happened with my Father. He's in a home and it's been so good for my Mum not to live with fear that he may hurt her or himself. He has now settled in and is ok there. Never feel guilty if you have to do it, it is a sign of love for your loved ones to be safe and cared for.
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I know remember they would never desert you in your time of need even if you were an adult.Don't desert your parents.They need you, they raised you, they love you
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It was good that you went back to get her
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Christine, we can really feel the love behind your comment. 💛 Most people want to be there for their parents if they can. Life can be complicated, but staying present, visiting, calling, and making sure they know they're loved can mean the world. ❤️
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My parents got me , trained professional help for my health issues, I did the same, my mom and grandma liked the nursing home.
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Ask yourselves, would you want to be left in a home with strangers? I think not. If you have the capacity, take care of them as they took care of you.
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I think many people would agree with you. 💛 If you have the ability to care for a parent yourself, that's a beautiful thing. But not everyone has that option, and sometimes getting them the care they need is an act of love too. What do other readers think?
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Completely agree.
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I'd rather be left in a room all by myself, 24/7/365, than cause one hour of stress for my family!
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It's AMAZING how many solutions to problems BUT IT COMES DOWN TO THE ALMIGHTY DOLLAR . HOME ITEMS BUT MUST BUY PILLS/ CREAMS. "AND" NOTHING IS WHAT WAS ADVERTIZED!!! GREED NO ONE TELLS YOU ANYTHING IF THEY CANT GET THE GREEN!
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Why are you yelling?
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I chose both
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It is the responsibility of every society to care for the elderly, the children ,mothers and families struggling, the mentally challenged and our veterans. Jesus has told us these things forever! My mother in law with dementia lives with us and will to the end. It's our obligation!
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It's your choice, not obligation, unless you wish it to be.
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Obligation !! Not the want
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Average life expectancy 2026 years ago was 35 years old...
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Every attempt should be made to care for elderly relatives at home. Care home should be a very last resort.
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I absolutely agree ! Now this may sound outrageous but I just married my 91 year old friend he has all his facilities and his children wanted him in a home, trying to exploit him for his savings and everything else. I put a big halt to their plans. He is now living his best life
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I just today had to put my mum into a nursing home. It was the hardest act that I have had to do. She has dementia and didn't know what was going on. I tried to explain it to her most of the day before l had to jump on a bus for a 3 hour bus ride home. I feel guilty as hell doing this but had to do it for her own safety as she recently had a fall breaking 4 ribs and puncturing her lung. I feel like an AH not being able to be there for her but couldn't get the time off from my job as my boss is heartless. I'm thinking about chucking in my job in the morning so I can be there for her.
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Peter, my heart goes out to you. You put your mom there because you care enough to keep her safe. Dementia, broken ribs, and a punctured lung are things one person simply can't manage alone. The guilt is real, but please don't confuse guilt with doing the wrong thing. Be gentle with yourself today. ❤️
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I agree
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Believe it or not nursing homes are filled with nurses & aides that will give love & attention & care to your loved one. They love their jobs. I ended up in hospital taking care of husband & grandkids. When you ruin your health you are no good to anyone.
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I don’t understand why people act like nursing homes are automatically cruel. Not everyone has the money, time, or ability to provide 24/7 care at home.
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There was a time in the USA that the nursing homes were very suspect!
I do believe things have gotten better, but only because the abuses were brought to light & people started going to jail.
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People need to stop shaming adult children for using nursing homes. Caregiver burnout is real.
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Exactly Kate
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Oh yes. The burout sent me to the hospital.
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No
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Mom's are central to their families and deserve to be looked after by them, I looked after mine for her last 17 years; it was tough, also fun.
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It's not just mother's, father's as well. But what people, like yourself not seem to get is that being a caretaker or nurse for another human being, a person who can't do anything for themselves is that it's a lot of work, especially if you not a professional. It's exhausting.
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I never thought I would but she ended up in the hospital and then at one to recover, it's a great one, she has friends, nurses, daily activities she participates in and found new hobbies. Daily physical therapy At this point we want to bring her home but due to our schedules she wouldn't be anywhere near as active so it's actually the best place for her to the point where being home would be worse but we bring her home for visits
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So what? It's not your place to understand. You're only living your own life, not everyone else's.
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- My son has a stutter. He has had it since he was 4 and we have done everything, therapy, exercises, patience, all of it, and he has gotten better but it is still there and kids at school noticed. When he was 9 his teacher called me in for a meeting and I braced myself. Instead she said she had been doing some reading and wanted to try something. She had started asking my son to be the one to read announcements to the class every morning, not to expose him, but because she had read that consistent low-stakes public speaking in a supportive environment was one of the most effective ways to build fluency and confidence. She had cleared it with the school speech therapist first. She had been doing it for 3 weeks before she told me. By the end of that school year my son was raising his hand to answer questions voluntarily for the first time in his life. His teacher had done that on her own time with her own research because she had decided his stutter was something she could actually help with.
Good teacher
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- I was at my daughter’s school play, sitting alone because my husband was traveling and I hadn’t managed to get anyone else to come, in that specific lonely way where everyone around you is in pairs and you are very aware of the empty seat next to you. A woman I had seen at school pickup but never spoken to sat down next to me without asking, leaned over and said, “Mine is the tree in act 2. She has been practicing her one line for 6 weeks.” I laughed and the tight feeling in my chest from the empty seat just went away. We talked through the whole thing in whispers, mostly about our kids, a little about everything else. We have been friends for 3 years. She told me recently she had noticed I always came to things alone and had decided that day to just sit down. I had no idea I had been that visible. I am glad she was paying attention.
Someone noticed and cared enough to change it
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- My teenage son went through a period of about 8 months where he barely left his room. Not dramatically, no crisis we could point to, just a slow withdrawal that felt like watching someone dim. We tried everything, therapy, activities, conversations that went nowhere. His older cousin, who is 6 years older and lives in another city, started sending him things in the mail. Not big things. A book he thought he would like, a funny postcard, once a small cactus because he said it required basically no effort to keep alive which felt appropriate. He never called, never texted, never made it a big thing. Just sent something every few weeks for months. My son started mentioning his cousin in conversations again, which sounds small unless you understand that he had stopped mentioning anyone. He told me later that the packages made him feel like someone outside the house was thinking about him. That was exactly what he had needed and none of us had known to give it.
- My wife was in her third trimester and I had just been made redundant on the same day her parents arrived to stay with us for 2 weeks, which was the kind of timing that makes you question everything. I was trying to hold it together and failing and went to the grocery store alone to get out of the house for 20 minutes. I ran into my next door neighbor at the checkout. I told him what had happened, not because I meant to, just because he asked how I was and I was too tired to lie. He nodded and then said, “Do you have a list?” I showed him my phone. He took half the items off my list and said he would get those and drop them over later. He did, an hour later, along with a six pack and a note from his wife that said “it gets easier, we promise.” He had split my grocery list with me like it was the most normal thing in the world. I stood at the door holding the bags for a while after he left.
- My parents separated badly when I was 12 and my father moved out and my mother spent the next 10 years making sure we knew exactly why. I grew up with a very specific story about who my father was. When I was 28 I found an old answering machine in a box at my mother’s house during a clear out, the kind with a tape. I plugged it in for no real reason and pressed play. There were 9 messages on it, all from my father, all from the year after they ended things. Every single one was calm. He was asking to speak to us, asking how we were doing, saying he missed us, saying he hoped we were okay. Not one of them was angry or difficult. My mother had never played them for us. I sat on the floor of that spare room for a long time. Then I called my father, who I had a distant and complicated relationship with, and I said, “I found the answering machine.” He went quiet for a long time. Then he said, “I called every week for a year.” I have been working on that relationship differently ever since.
- I was flying home with my 3 year old alone for the first time after separating from my husband. My daughter was tired and upset and so was I and we were at that gate for 2 hours and she cried for most of it and I could feel people around us getting tense and I was doing that thing where you apologize with your eyes to every person in the vicinity. An older woman sitting across from us caught my eye and instead of the look I was expecting she just smiled and said, “She’s doing great. So are you.” Then she reached into her bag and pulled out a small toy, a little rubber duck she apparently just had in there, and held it out to my daughter. My daughter stopped crying immediately and stared at it. We boarded that plane in silence and I cried in my seat for about 5 minutes but in the good way. That woman had been a mother once. She remembered what it felt like to need someone to just say you are doing fine.
About 44 years ago , I was flying home with 4 month old son. He was tired and cranky. I was trying my best , when a lady across the seat from me asked if she could hold him. She said she knew what it was like flying alone with small child and that he could tell i was tence. She took him and talked to him made him laugh and eventually he went sleep until we landed. I never got the lady's name, but she saved my sanity that day
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- My son left home at 17 after a fight that went too far on both sides. He couch surfed for a few months, then found his feet, and we had a distant and careful relationship for about 4 years, cordial at family events, nothing deeper. Last year on a random Tuesday morning my doorbell rang at 7am. He was standing there with two coffees and said, “I was in the area. Can I come in?” He was not in the area. He lives 45 minutes away. We sat at the kitchen table for 2 hours and talked properly for the first time in 4 years. At some point I asked what had made him come. He said his therapist had asked him to name the relationship in his life he most wanted to repair and he had said mine without having to think about it. He rang the bell the next morning. I had the coffees ready.
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- My mother had me at 19 with no support from my father and no real support from her own family who thought she had made a mess of her life. She raised me alone for 6 years before she met my stepfather, working 2 jobs for most of that time, never once making me feel like a burden or a mistake. When I was about 25 and going through something difficult I asked her once if she had ever regretted keeping me given everything it had cost her. She looked genuinely confused by the question. She said, “You were the only thing in my life at that point that was entirely mine and entirely good. Why would I regret you?” I had spent years carrying a quiet guilt about what my existence had cost her and she had apparently never felt any of it. She had just loved me and gotten on with it. I did not know what to do with that answer so I just hugged her for a long time and she hugged me back and said “what’s all this about” in that way she has. I said nothing. Just held on.
Has a family member, or even a complete stranger, ever shown up for you? Tell us your story.
I cared for my mother until she passed away at the age of 84 that was 28 years ago and I would do it again if I had to I have no regrets I'm glad she didn't end up in one of those homes
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The part that bothered me is that bringing her home is presented as the happy ending. Plenty of seniors are actually safer and better cared for in nursing homes.
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YOU ARE ALL PROJECTING. YES BAD STUFF HAPPENS IN A CARE FACILITY, SOMETIMES. IT HAPPENS EVERYWHERE, EVERYDAY. KEEPING A PARENT AT HOME, WHEN YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING IS MUCH MORE DANGEROUS. I HAVE SEEN SOME REALLY KIND, SWEET, CARING KIDS, LOSE THEIR MINDS AFTER TAKING CARE OF A PARENT, AT HOME. IT IS NOT A BLACK AND WHITE ISSUE. PEOPE WHO ARE NOT PREPARED FOR THIS KIND OF RESPONSIBILITY, CAN AND DO BECOME ABUSIVE THEMSELVES. YOU ALL ARE GETTING HUNG UP ON AN ETHICAL/MORAL DILEMMA. WHAT THEY/YOU WANT, ISN'T ALWAYS WHAT IS BEST FOR THEM.
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