How Would You Feel If You Were The Recipient Of This Letter?

This will definitely touch your soul!

Life's a circle...this is probably the sweetest proof and the most heartwarming way to explain what all of us will face as our parents and after them, ourselves getting old!

Although this is not a love letter, it will definitely touch everyone's soul...

My dear girl,

The day you see I’m getting old, I ask you to please be patient, but most of all, try to understand what I’m going through. If when we talk, I repeat the same thing a thousand times, don’t interrupt to say: “You said the same thing a minute ago”… Just listen, please. Try to remember the times when you were little and I would read the same story night after night until you would fall asleep.

When I don’t want to take a bath, don’t be mad and don’t embarrass me. Remember when I had to run after you making excuses and trying to get you to take a shower when you were just a girl? When you see how ignorant I am when it comes to new technology, give me the time to learn and don’t look at me that way … remember, honey, I patiently taught you how to do many things like eating appropriately, getting dressed, combing your hair and dealing with life’s issues every day… the day you see I’m getting old, I ask you to please be patient, but most of all, try to understand what I’m going through.

If I occasionally lose track of what we’re talking about, give me the time to remember, and if I can’t, don’t be nervous, impatient or arrogant. Just know in your heart that the most important thing for me is to be with you. And when my old, tired legs don’t let me move as quickly as before, give me your hand the same way that I offered mine to you when you first walked.

When those days come, don’t feel sad… just be with me, and understand me while I get to the end of my life with love. I’ll cherish and thank you for the gift of time and joy we shared. With a big smile and the huge love I’ve always had for you, I just want to say, I love you … my darling daughter.

Original text in Spanish and photo by Guillermo Peña. Translation to English by Sergio Cadena

I think it is the most loving and caring letter for a mother to express to her child the feelings that come with age. I bet we all feel much closer to her because everything in that letter is true and sometime in the future we are all about to face it. Sometimes we just need to say thank you to all the caregivers. The only thing I would like to add to this amazingly heartwarming letter would be that it could also addressed to a son!

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