[www.keralites.net] WORRY

 

 

 

Is there a magic cutoff period when offspring 

become accountable for their own 

Actions? 

Is there a wonderful moment when 

Parents can become detached spectators in 

the lives of their children and shrug, 

"It's their life," and feel nothing? 

When I was in my twenties, I stood in a hospital 

Corridor waiting for doctors to put a few 

Stitches in my son's head. I asked, "When do 

You stop worrying?"

 

The nurse said, 

"When they get out of the accident stage." 

My Mother just smiled faintly and said nothing. 

When I was in my thirties, I sat on a little 

Chair in a classroom and heard how one of my 

Children talked incessantly, disrupted the class, 

And was headed for a career making License plates. 

As if to read my mind, a teacher said,

 "Don't worry, they all go through this stage 

and then you can sit back, relax and Enjoy them.

" My mother just smiled 

Faintly and said nothing. 

When I was in my forties, I spent a lifetime 

Waiting for the phone to ring, the cars to come 

Home, the front door to open. 

A friend said, "They're trying to find themselves. 

Don't worry, In a few years, you can stop worrying. 

They'll be Adults." 

My mother just smiled faintly 

And said nothing. 

By the time I was 50, I was sick & tired of being 

Vulnerable. I was still worrying over my Children, 

but there was a new wrinkle. 

There Was nothing I could do about it. 

My Mother just smiled faintly and said nothing. 

I Continued to anguish over their failures, be 

Tormented by their frustrations and absorbed in 

Their disappointments. 

My friends said that when my kids got married I 

Could stop worrying and lead my own 

I wanted to believe that, but I was 

Haunted by my mother's warm smile and her 

Occasional, "You look pale. Are you all right? 

Call me the minute you get home. 

Are You depressed about something?" 

Can it be that parents are sentenced to a 

Life time of worry? Is concern for one another 

Handed down like a torch to blaze the trail of 

Human frailties and the fears of the Unknown? 

Is concern a curse or is it a virtue 

that elevates us to the highest form of life? 

One of my children became quite irritable 

recently, saying to me, "Where were you? 

I've been calling for 3 days, and no one answered 

I was worried." 

I smiled a warm smile. 

The torch has been passed. 

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