All these talk of getting old..

Had a conversation this morning with someone close to me.. someone I love..

Someone I care for, but also someone I cannot help..

She is being bogged down by her parents. They treat her like dirt, abuse her with words, hurt her feelings repeatedly as if she has none but they forget.. she is the only person who still genuinely cares for them.

I admire her for her persistence.. her courage to go back to what she calls her 'home' despite all that 

I don't understand why she doesn't have the courage to leave..

Why sit and let them destroy your life?

My mum always said, all parents love their children, it is unconditional, it will never change..

I don't believe in that..

I've known her since she was a child and I have never really seen her parents love her genuinely..

That is also the reason I don't like to meet her parents.. or speak to them..

It hurts me that they hurt her.

But I cannot help her until she decides to help herself.. until she decides that enough is enough, she won't take anymore of that abuse and to hell with them..

The day she can take courage to do that, the day she truly smiles, the day she is genuinely happy and free with herself, that will be our day :)