On th e day when y ou see u s old, weak and weary … …

Have pati ence - and do tr y to u nderstand u s… … .

I f we get dirty when eati ng… and.. I f we cannot dress on our own…

Please bear with us and remember th e ti mes we spent feeding y ou and dressing y ou up.

I f, when we speak to y ou, we repeat th e same th ings over and over again…

do not inte rrupt us…

When y ou were small , we had to read to y ou th e same sto ry a th ousand and one ti mes unti l

y ou went to s leep.

...liste n to us.

When we do not want to have a shower,

n eith er shame u s n or scold us… ..

R emember when we had to chase y ou with y our th ousand excuses to get y ou to th e shower?

When y ou see our ignorance of new te chnologies… .Help us navigate our way th rough th ese worldwide webs..

We taught y ou how to do so many th ings…

To eat th e right foods, to dress appropriate ly , To fght for y our rights… .

When at some m oments we

loose th e memory or th e th read of

our conversati on… … ..

.let us have th e n ecessary ti me to r emember… and if we cannot, do

n ot become n ervous… ..

A s th e most important

th ing is not our

conversati on but simply to

be with y ou and to have

y ou liste ning to u s… .

I f ever we do not feel like eati ng, do not

f orce us. We know well when we need to and

when not to eat.When our ti red legs give way and do not all ow us to walk with out a cane… . Lend us y our helping hand

th e same way we did when y outr ied y our frst falte ring ste ps.

A nd when someday we say to y ou th at we don’t want to live any more,

th at we want to die… … … .

D o not get angry … .

F or one day y ou will understand.

Try to appreciate th at our

age is not just lived but survived.

Some day y ou will realize th at despite our mistakes… We alway s wante d th e best for y ou.. And we tr ied to prepare th e way for y ou… ..

You must not feel sad, angry nor ashamed f or having us near y ou. I nste ad, tr y to u nderstand us and help us like we did

when y ou were y oung.

H el p u s to w al k ..H el p u s to l i ve the r est of ou r l i f e w i th l ove an d

di gn i ty .

W e w i l l pay y ou w i th a sm i l e an d by th e i m m en se l ove w e h ave al w ay s had f or y ou i n ou r h ear ts.