are you a good daughter...?
By sanchez39
@sanchez39 (13)
Philippines
March 19, 2007 9:51am CST
are you a good daughter? am i? what sets what is a good one and one that is not? i am a daughter for 38 summers now. i juggle roles of being a wife,mom and daughter to a sick father w/ emphysema who is hook to 02. he lives with us and we try to give him all his needs that we can afford. im hands on in taking care of him 24/7.my life is tough. i find myself tired from a days work, depressed, burnt out from all the roles i have to portray daily. im not complaining though, maybe i just wanna let go off of these feelings i have inside. honestly, i do all these with sincerity in my heart. yes, i believe that what i sow ,i will reap. but thats not my purpose in life. i know i am not perfect.i still have a lot of things to learn, there is more than enough time to share with my father for his remaining years. but.. what if i have money no more to buy his needs? will that make me less of a daughter? will that make me a bad one? what if i can no longer provide for his medicines and more importantly for his 02..? will i be blamed for making life tough for him? i love my dad. ive sacrificed a lot for him and my late mom. but, there isnt enough for all of his needs anymore. will this make me a bad daughter? how about you?
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2 responses
@sherinek (3320)
• United States
20 Mar 07
In my opinion, I am a good daughter and so are you. You are doing the max you can and thats really good of you. I dont think that your father will love you less even if you dont do any of this. No one can judge you and if some one did, you must not listen to them. There are a lot of people to say things but not to help. So, do what you can the best you can and that's it. God will help you. Take care.
@sanchez39 (13)
• Philippines
21 Mar 07
very well said, at times people can do nothing but make comments about others lives. and we shouldnt be listening to any of them. we shouldnt be affected with whatever theyre saying. its our lives, anyway.thank you for responding. thumbs up to a good daughter such as U! God bless us all...
@asmurthy (2461)
• India
19 Mar 07
I am a good son. I take care of my mother who is 85 year old. She has done so much to me that i am indebted to her
in so many ways. Now it is my turn to look after her.
Though i am busy i ask my family to look after in my
absence. I have two daughter who love me and I am sure they would look after at my old age.
@sanchez39 (13)
• Philippines
21 Mar 07
hurray for a good son like you! keep it up. you are right, time will come that our kids will look after us when we we are old. God bless us all...
