Does your family frustrate you?? It's not the little things that become so frustrating, I can usually overlook those kinds of things. But my sis died a week ago. When I called, I asked if I should travel to help with things. "Nope! Not necessary, nothing you can do right now". Ok. But then I find out that my brother and his family all left town for a long weekend. That left my mother home alone. If they had been up front with me, I'd have been there. But nope!
I blew up my phone texting family who lives near her to see if someone could stop in. Out of her son and four grandsons, only one was able to dash over. And he had a huge hangover.
Have family values changed that much over the years? I was raised that family comes first; when a tragedy happens, your schedule changes. Your drop your social things in order to take care of whatever needs doing during a difficult time. I guess people who are younger than me weren't raised that way.
What makes it so difficult for everyone to be on the same page, to come together, when something awful happens?
Is it a shift in society priorities?
Do we think of ourselves first more often than we used to?
Will the pendulum swing back the other way at some point in the future?
I certainly hope so; but I probably won't be around long enough. It's just my own wish that young folks find out what's really important when things get tough ---- a family they can count on.
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