What do you/did you admire about your parents?

[Timewise 60+]

What a truly beautiful story.
52 years is a very long time, your parents surely showed you the best way to live as a couple.

Bretrick....thanks for the comments...I am blessed by my late parents, my kids, grandkids, and wife who loves me!
My blessing to you and yours on this special Easter weekend.

 

[Pinky]

Despite a dysfunctional family unit, my parents both worked hard all their lives. It was nice to finally be able to send money home once I finished school .. to make their lives a bit easier.

Mom always had fabric leftovers that she made our clothes with. She sewed beautiful gowns for clients. We never went hungry, and were always clean. She was a sweet-natured woman who never complained.

 

[MountainRa]

I could list many things but one thing that always amazed me about my mother when I was a child — you could look in our kitchen cabinets and refrigerator and swear there was nothing to eat. But my mother would still manage to put a meal on the table. Might have just been biscuits and gravy but it was good.

 

[StarSong]

My parents both worked hard and were gracious hosts. My father was exceptionally bright, my mother was extremely kind.

Unfortunately, their marriage was not good and their children paid a high price for their unhappiness.

 

[jerry old]

There is still much to say and feel that remains beyond us

 

[Bretrick]

My parents both worked hard and were gracious hosts. My father was exceptionally bright, my mother was extremely kind.

Unfortunately, their marriage was not good and their children paid a high price for their unhappiness.

One of the drawbacks of "Staying together for the children's sake"
Grown children can have a really hard time as a result.

 

[Michael Z]

My mom was selfless and loyal. She had a servant's heart.

My father was a hard worker, never missing work for any reason.

Were things perfect? Far from it! But out of honor for them, I remember them this way.

 

[Lavinia]

What I admire most about my parents is that they taught me what type of person NOT to be by their example. Especially my mother, who was a raging, hating person. She had two brooms - one for sweeping & one for riding on.

I'm sure it made you a better parent. It certainly had that effect on me.