I slapped my phone this morning. Open palm, 80% force, grunt upon contact slapped it. The stupid thing was only doing what I told it to though, waking me up at 3 a.m.
Earlier in the week I volunteered to drop off my ma and step-dad at MSP Airport for a 5:30 a.m. flight to Cancun, Mexico for a much deserved vacation. Sure, they could have taken a cab but that wouldn't have been very fulfilling, not for me.
Think of all the early mornings your parents put in to raise you. All the sick days and birth days and the sporting events they bent over backwards to make it to. Go further. What about all the meals and laundry over the years. How about the financial burden and emotional, social, personal stress you put them through. Or what about when you failed, bad, and needed a safe place to lay low for awhile and collect yourself - did they ever say "no"?
When you have the opportunity to return the favor, don't pass the buck. Each of us has so few truly humane connections in our lives. Don't let them slip by or stagnate.
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