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Dear son , dear

daughter...
uhe day you f
nd that I have beome very o d , try to
have some pat
ene w
th me
and try to understand me.
 If I get d
rty wh
e eat
ng
If I have some d
ff
u ty dress
ng be pat
ent! Remember
the hours that I spent teah
ng you
these th
ngs when you were sma .
If I repeat the same
th
ng dozens of t
me, do
not
nterrupt me!
L
sten to me!

When you were sma , you ept

as
ng me to read you the same
story, even
ng after even
ng,
unt
you fe as eep. And I d
d
t
happ
y !
If I do not wash myse f so often under the shower, do not
repr
mand and do not te me that
t
s a shame.

Remember how many exuses I had to
nvent to mae you

tae a bath when you were sma .
 y see
ng my
gnorane
of new tehno og
es, do
not augh at me but g
ve
me t
me to understand
I taught you so many th
ngs . to eat we to dress we
to behave we how to onfront the prob ems of the
fe
 If I somet
mes ose memory or am not ab e to
fo ow a onversat
on, g
ve me the neessary t
me
to reo et and
f I do not get there, do not
beome a nervous and arrogant person beause the
most
mportant th
ng for me,
s to be w
th you
and to be ab e to spea to you.
 If I refuse to eat, do not fore me !
I now very we when I am hungry and when I am not
hungry. .
When my poor egs w
not a ow me
to move as before
He p me
n the same way as when I he d your hands
to teah you tae your f
rst steps.
And when one day, I sha say to you that I do not want to

ve any more
that I want to d
e, do not get angry
beause one day, you w
a so understand !
ury to understand that at erta
n age, we do not
rea y
ve any more. We s
mp y surv
ve!
ne day, you w
understand that
n sp
te of a my errors,
I a ways wanted what was best for you.
ou do not have to fee sad, unfortunate or
nompetent

n front of my o d age and of my state.
ou have to stay near me, try to understand what I
ve
for.
 He p me wa , he p me to end my
fe
w
th ove and pat
ene. uhe on y th
ng that I
need from you
s a sm
e and
a ot of ove.
I ove you my son, my daughter!

our Dad, your Mum

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