Dear Mom and Dad
There are no words to express the gratitude that I have for you choosing to hang on to the thread of hope that we can stay where we are staying presently and how many sacrifices you have made to suit my brother’s or my needs. We will forever be in your debt, and we can only hope to provide a bright and better future for our children and for you, our parents.
Mom: It pains me to know that what I want with my education will not satisfy your dreams for me. I know I want to do something great with my life, but it might not be in the same direction that you had expected. I don’t want to further disappoint you, as I already have all my life. I had always wanted to fill my brother’s shoes, but now I feel that I have my own path to walk on, and this feeling is stronger than I had imagined. I know the path that I might choose will not bring food to the table consistently and will cause my life to be an on-going rollercoaster, but I want you to give me a chance. I still have other passions alongside this one. However, I promise through that I will never leave you, even though you have doubts that we will. You should put more faith in us in that your love isn’t one-sided. Also, I wish you’d smile more often. Even though a lot of your stress is because of me, I wish that you’d find more joys in life for yourself.
Dad: Even though your labor life has not been as difficult as mom’s, but your mental struggle with all of the problems in our family have always been your burden. As much as I’d like to say pass the burden onto me, I couldn’t handle the overwhelming responsibilities that you have. I can only hope to support you in your decisions while helping relieve some of the physical burdens that both you and mom have to bear. I know a lot of the time it looks like I’m not trying, but I am. Maybe it’s not a vigorous effort, but I’m trying none the less. I’m a bad promise keeper, so I won’t make more promises than I can keep, but I will try harder to make both you and mom proud of me for my achievements in life.
