The Weight Of What We Carry

in Freewriters26 days ago

At the nursing home, Manuel and his friends sit and talk. Manuel is sad because his son hasn't come to visit him for a year. Sadly, he tells his friends, "You're lucky; your sons haven't forgotten you." Carlos looks at him and replies, "Manuel, it's your fault your son behaves like this.... From what you've told us, you spoiled him. You even argued with your wife in front of him."

En la residencia de ancianos, Manuel y sus amigos se sientan a conversar. Manuel está triste porque su hijo no ha venido a visitarlo en un año. Con tristeza, les dice a sus amigos: "Tienen suerte; sus hijos no los han olvidado". Carlos lo mira y responde: "Manuel, es tu culpa que tu hijo se comporte así... Por lo que nos has contado, lo malcriaste. Incluso discutiste con tu esposa delante de él".

MANUEL sheds a few tears, Carlos approaches and says, there is nothing left to do, let's walk and drink some coffee, here you have two friends who will always be with you, when your son comes tell him what you feel and possibly HE will reflect and think more about you.

MANUEL deja caer algunas lágrimas. Carlos se acerca y le dice: "No queda nada por hacer. Vamos a caminar y tomar un café. Aquí tienes dos amigos que siempre estarán contigo. Cuando tu hijo venga, dile lo que sientes y quizás él reflexione y piense más en ti".

The photo is my property, taken with my SAMSUNG S20FE cell phone

La foto es de mi propiedad, tomada con mi celular Samsung S20FE.

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Such old age is hard, but real, in some places we see many elderly people abandoned to their fate

That's why I want to work and build my future now that I'm young. Passive income will help me in those moments. I wouldn't like to end up in a nursing home.

 25 days ago 

I believe with us many no longer count with the childeren to visit them. They even make excuses why the (grand)child can come over and the active ones simply leave and no longer wait. Waiting and hoping they did their entire life.

And those in elderly homes wait the entire day for someone to help them put on their socks, cold tea, food served that has been cooked hours ago and with some luck they have a robot cat keeping them company.

I wouldn't be capable of doing something like that, to think that my parents dedicated so much time and effort to raise me already makes me feel grateful, and everything I could give them would be little, there are very ungrateful people in this world, which by the way is getting worse, all we talk about is war and death

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