u/Antique_Option2442

It’s 2 am and I’m in Rome, on probably one of the last trips I will go on with my aging parents and I’m not handling it well.
I watch them struggle with things they could do just a few years ago and I know my time with them is coming to an end sooner than later. Probably another 5-10 years with my dad who is pushing 80. My mom is 8 years younger but I see her changing as well.
They are my best friends and my biggest supporters— I don’t know how to exist in a world without them. Who will I got to for parenting advice, an encouraging word or the comfort that comes from them telling me “everything will be okay”

I remember thinking as a kid that it’s okay because I have so much time… and now here we are. Damnit that went fast.

I just love them so much, they truly are the best and I couldn’t be more lucky to have had them as my parents

Time is a thief. Call your parents, go on trips with them, tell them how much you love them because life is fleeting

Throw away for obvious reasons. Delete if not allowed as this is obviously a serious subject. Location: Arkansas.

This is very long. My daughter (we’ll call her Ann) and her long time best friend of 14ish years (we’ll call her Mary) had a falling out after Ann graduated high school May 2025. Since then they have been no contact by Ann’s doing. In that year Mary has tried to turn their mutual friends against Ann and generally has just been “a mean girl” for no apparent reason. FF to today out of the blue Mary’s brother (we’ll call him Bo) shows up at our house to tell Ann what Mary is telling people including their parents (he was friends with Ann as well), obviously alerting Ann because he’s had issues with his own sister. Ann called me crying and shocked that Mary would ever say such terrible things about her. We just don’t understand why she’s being like this. There has been no report to the police to my knowledge but my question is what do I do? Do I get a lawyer? Call the police? Sue for defamation? I get that Ann is my child and that makes me automatically biased, but she does not act like a guilty person aside from the fact that she just would never ever do anything like that to anyone! Ann wants a cop to go with us to their house to make her stop. Please help. What do I do?