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My parents never grew.  They devolved.
We were once a successful, happy family with a business and plenty of money to be comfortable.  Then my mom started being a cunt about the way my dad was running the business, cheated on him, and left.  Dad drank the business away and mom became an insufferable narcissist that I don't talk to anymore.
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He started out as a dad, and became more and more human in the last forty-three years. >

I can’t remember anything from my childhood, other than myself getting older. >

One day you walk in to see them and realize that they're no longer just older than you.
They're old, and time is flying. >

That really hit me hard, next time I see my mom I’m telling her how much I appreciate everything she’s done! 
Sometimes because of the daily grind I forget to tell the ones I love how much they really matter to me.