Probably, only a few people would disagree that the most precious thing in any person’s life is his or her parents. After all, it is thanks to our parents that we were born, they are always ready to support and help. But all this, unfortunately, is not eternal. Like any person, the life of parents has a term. And when it comes to the end, we come to realise many things that we did not pay attention to before.

Here are some of the things that will happen when parents leave this world.

There will come a realisation of the value of family

Only family, only parents are capable of loving you freely, no matter what. No friends can replace family ties. Parents are the people who will be with you in any situation, even the most difficult, will support you, and will not cease to be a part of your life. They will always act out of good intentions and wish their children well and happiness.

Losing your parents will be a hard and painful blow

It is almost impossible to realise how grievous this loss will be until that very day comes. It will be extremely difficult to face the feeling of loneliness, insecurity, devastation. Now no one will sincerely rejoice in your successes, worry about your health and mood. And only then will come to realise what a great value have such simple things.

There will be a feeling of loneliness and brokenness

Of course, after a while the pain will subside, but the feeling of loneliness will remain forever. After all, only your parents can give you the assurance that you will not be alone. And when they are gone, you will realise that the people around you are not so close and can leave at any time.

Your parents will not see your grandchildren and great-grandchildren

There will be no more joint family holidays and gatherings. Your parents will not be able to enjoy being around your own children and grandchildren.

You will hate to hear others judge your parents

Seeing someone complain about your parents will drive you out of your mind. You will remember how you used to fight with your mum and dad in exactly the same way, and at the time you couldn’t imagine that none of it made sense. Now you will be willing to give up everything just to get them back and never fight again.

The pain will keep coming back

Even after many years, when the feelings of grief have subsided, the pain will come back again and again. The memories will not go away and the images from the past will continue to remind you of yourself.

There will be envy of those around you who have living parents

It will be very hard to look at happy families, and people who do not appreciate it will piss you off.

Holidays will become boring

If before you only dreamed of celebrating New Year’s Eve or Birthday separately from your family, in a cheerful group of friends, now your priorities will change. Every holiday you will regret that before you so rarely celebrated them with your parents, and now you can not fix it. Holidays will seem to you boring, devastated.

When something happens, you will really want to call your parents

You’ll want to share what happened, talk about it, talk about it. But your parents will never pick up the phone again.

All of this is just a small part of what you may face after a terrible loss.