here’s the thing about parents: Even if you feel like you owe them a debt of gratitude that you can never repay, they don’t want you to repay it. You can call them more often, visit, and send handwritten notes—but you can never balance out all that they’ve done for you. That’s not the way it works. It’s not your job to assign a sadness to your parents that maybe isn’t really there. Actually, the sad is not sad at all. It’s just love.
