To my future self,
I hope that time has been kind to me, and that am well.
I wrote this letter some time ago and gave it to someone you trust in the hopes it would never be needed.
I can\\\'t predict what my life is like, but it\\\'s likely that some of the things you may be facing are things i went through with my own parents and others. It\\\'s because of that that i wrote myself this letter.
Know that the person who has given it back to you cares about you a great deal, and is concerned for your well-being. Please keep an open mind and listen carefully to what i am to say. Accept that you may need to trust in their judgment over your own.
They may ask you to stop doing something that you feel you are still able to do. Remember that your father drove well beyond when it was safe for him to do so, and how i and my They may ask you to accept help that you don\\\'t feel you need. Remember that taking care of your father contributed to your mother\\\'s eventual death. He felt he could do everything himself. Yet your mother spent many nervous moments and sleepless nights listening for him, just in case.
They may ask you to do something you don\\\'t want to do. It could be something as simple as eating.I remember that in the end, my mother starved herself to death. It could be something more substantial, like changing your living arrangements. my father, bless him, accepted the need for change, though by then it was too late. |
