Goodbye, Mother
Goodbye, Mother
By George Touliatos, MD
For those who are lucky to still have their parents, cherish the moments, because time will never come back.
Love is stronger than death, when our beloved people live within our hearts and memory. Losing both of your parents, you realize that you’ve lost the most powerful allies that you had. From now on, you depend exclusively on yourself and that feeling of safety that your parents provided is gone for good. I lost my father when I was 40 and my mother at 50 years old. Both of my parents were fortuned to have their mothers in life, when they were 70 and 80 years old. I mostly miss my parents’ advice and opinion. They were wise, experienced, and always wanted the best for myself.
Even though both of my parents died of cancer, I never accepted their passing, although I’m thinking reasonably as a physician. Nevertheless, this tough period was a time of preparation; both for them and for us. A slow death that makes you evaluate that life is a miracle and family comes first. Once I was told that you become an orphan when you lose your mother. I realized that today the binding between a mother and her child is archaic; that basically you never separate until her death. No other person in life will love you more and care about you more than your mother. It’s so frustrating knowing that this feeling is not there for you anymore.
Those who have both of their parents at my age are blessed. In life we take it for granted; however, life is full of surprises. As a Christian, I want to believe in afterlife and resurrection, hoping that our souls will meet again in a better place. Life moves on and for those who are left behind, it’s painful. Just as when our trip will eventually end someday.
I fondly remember when my mom took me to school my very first day. And I also remember how devastating it was for her the day her mother passed, two years ago. When my sister called me to announce the sad news, I cried instantly. It was something spontaneous that didn’t happen with my dad’s or my grandmother’s passing.
Life will never be the same without mom, no matter how powerful you are in life. For those who are lucky to still have their parents, cherish the moments, because time will never come back.
Knowing that I’ll never see my mother again, I’m feeling horrible for the fact I made her cry. Or when I disappointed her from my own decisions.
To our parents we owe our lives. We are obligated to serve them when they are getting older. It’s heartbreaking to realize that their generation is gone and now we become the older ones.
Goodbye, until we meet again in heaven.
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George Touliatos, MD is an author, lecturer, champion competitive bodybuilder, and expert in medical prevention regarding PED use in sports. Dr. Touliatos specializes in medical biopathology and is the medical associate of Orthobiotiki.gr and Medihall.gr, Age Management and Preventive Clinics in Athens, Greece. He is the author of four Greek books on bodybuilding, has extensively developed articles for www.anabolic.org and is the medical associate for the book “Anabolics, 11th Edition” (2017). Dr. Touliatos has been a columnist for the Greek editions of MuscleMag and Muscular Development magazines and has participated in several seminars across Greece and Cyprus, making numerous TV and radio appearances, doing interviews in print and online. His personal website is https://gtoul.com/
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