My dad is 75. He told me our annual family trips make him feel like he still has a future.
Source: Business Insider ·
After 12 years of family vacations, I'm confronting the reality that my aging parents won't always be able to travel with us.
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The author travels with her parents and her family.Courtesy of the authorMy 21-year-old son wanted to visit a lively beach club during our family vacation.I never expected my parents, both in their 70s, to get up and dance to ABBA.Seeing their joy reminded me that getting older doesn't mean giving up new experiences.My 75-year-old dad told me he'll feel like he's closer to dying if our annual family vacations stop. He's not ready for that. Neither am I.It stopped me in my tracks and frankly scared me a little. While I know my parents are aging, I haven't begun thinking about life without them, and I found myself spending the rest of the vacation looking through this new lens.For the last 12 years, my husband, my parents, my son, and I have traveled all over the world on an annual multigenerational trip. And while the sights have been spectacular, what struck me most on this last vacation is just how much each of us has grown to value these trips.I'm in the middle between my parents…
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