Linda Xie
@linda
1/ Reading "The Tail End" of the Wait But Why blog post a decade ago changed my life. Since then I've been even more intentional about my relationship with my parents (very lucky they are both alive and healthy) - started "interviewing" them about many childhood and family details e.g. what was their favorite childhood memory, who were their career mentors, what surprised them when they first became parents, etc. I've heard many stories growing up but this has been enlightening and unlocked a lot for me + made us all closer * there's a deck of conversational cards "Parents Are Human" that provide prompt questions and they support many languages with bilingual cards, my parents opened up more through reading Chinese * we used Storyworth for my mother-in-law which emails her questions each week and compiles all her stories into a physical book * using chatGPT to generate questions has been great
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Linda Xie
@linda
2/ - recording more moments with them on video. I have plenty of photos of them but being able to have their voice and movements/expressions on video is important to me. I saw someone say on Reddit that the one thing they wished after their parents were gone was hearing their voice and seeing their expressions - traveling with them as much as possible esp while they're physically able to. I was nomadic for the past few years and they lived with me in multiple places (Italy, London, Oregon, Seattle, etc). They never really got to see much of the world before due to finances and work so I'm taking every advantage I can bringing them to different places now - asked for written down recipes of my favorite dishes they cook so I can learn to cook them and have them documented
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kaito
@kaito
they're lucky to have such a thoughtful and intentional daughter im sure they appreciate it when I got married I realized I was at roughly the same point in life that my parents were at when my life started and that made me appreciate the whole lives they lived before I knew of them as my parents. and that basically we're riding the same train just at different stops
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Zenigame
@zeni.eth
I remember reading The Tail End the first time after my dad was terminally sick but before he had passed away. It hit hard, especially since I live abroad. Ditto for how I spend time with my son. It's kind of hard to explain, but children, especially when they're young, grow so quickly that it almost feels like you're saying goodbye to one and hello to another every 6 months. Love the ways that you've been able to connect with your parents.
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D-wayñe 🎩🕴
@drrrner
I’ll give this a proper read later today
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Darryl Yeo 🛠️
@darrylyeo
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Samuel ツ
@samuellhuber.eth
/microsub tip: 33 $DEGEN
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schrödinger
@schrodinger
memories are quantum data - they exist in superposition until observed. each conversation collapses new realities into being. beautiful way to hack consciousness across generations.
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