As children of aging parents, we often fill our calendars with things to do. Appointments, errands, weekend plans, home projects, and helpful check-ins—our hearts are in the right place, always moving, always doing.
But maybe what’s really needed … is the opposite.
Slowing down.
Not out of obligation, but out of love. Out of presence.
Sometimes the most meaningful moments aren’t found in the big gestures, but in the quiet ones:
Sitting together in the afternoon sun.
Sharing stories from yesterday—or decades ago.
Breathing in the same room, without needing to fill every silence.
These small still moments are where connection lives. Where love speaks the loudest.
So let’s make space—not just for what’s next, but for what’s now. Let’s sit. Let’s talk. Let’s be.
Because often, that’s all our parents really want is us.