Patience

Posted on May 2, 2017 by terryshen

Why am I being so impatient? so eager to run away?

Not a thing nor place I need to attend to, except

right here, right now.

The context: I was talking with my mom.

I belong to the sandwich generation.   Not an excuse,

just an observation.

I am better (aka more patient) relating to my kids and

their predicaments.

Not so with my mom.  Even though

I know one day I will be in her shoes.

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2 Responses to Patience

  1. tomvancel says:
    May 2, 2017 at 6:57 pm

    MY 47 YEAR old son admitted that he is becoming like me..in thinking, driving, and even slowing in doing…

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    • terryshen says:
      May 2, 2017 at 7:22 pm

      Exactly my point, Tom. We can relate to our children because we have been there (as you see your son’s progression).

      My mom is in her mid-eighties. She can’t hear well. Her body aches. And her memory is fading. Without having been in her shoes, I try to understand her but get impatient at times.

      Thanks for your comment.

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