During a simchah, which is typically such an exciting time, there’s often an underlying feeling of tension
We made it! Baruch Hashem, my siblings and I are all emotionally healthy, contributing members of society in thriving marriages. You were all so loving and supportive over the last 30 years as each of us got married and began our own lives. We can’t begin to tell you how much we appreciate all you have done for us, providing us with emotional and financial support, despite the challenges you’ve been through.
And now it’s our turn to support you. You’re in your seventies now. We want to be there with you, as we were through both of your remarriages, and as you built second marriages and new families for yourselves.
It’s not just about us giving you love and support. It’s actually all your in-law children and grandchildren, too, who love you and want to support you. We all feel close to you. We all call you regularly and involve you in our daily lives.
But if there’s one thing we want you to know, it’s that over Yom Tov, and during simchahs, we feel a lot of pressure. Our time needs to be divided between three, even four sets of parents and parents-in-law. During those times, we need you to understand that we’re all doing our best. We’re trying to juggle making Yom Tov or a simchah, looking after our children, and including all members of our extended family in the occasion — and as our families grow, it becomes more and more exhausting, physically and emotionally.
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