Heartbreakingly, a son’s neglect of his mother results in deep regret and an important lesson in family duty.

Overcome by the rigors of life, the son unwillingly put his mother in a nursing facility after his father passed away, and he visited her rarely. But he hurried to her side when he got a depressing call about her failing condition, asking how he could help with tears in his eyes.

To his amazement, his mother suddenly asked for two things: new fans to improve ventilation and a new refrigerator to save food from spoiling. His jaw dropped as she said she knew she was going to die. She hoped he would understand the fallout from his carelessness, knowing that eventually his own kids will regard him the same way.

When she said those things, he knew he had let her down in her latter years. The moving lesson emphasized the need of respecting and helping aging parents. It was a sobering lesson that our deeds toward other people could someday reverberate in our own life.

The regret of the son is a moving lesson to treasure and give our parents’ health first priority as they get older. As the mother said, our actions toward others may eventually determine our own fates. Therefore, it is necessary to love and dedicate ourselves to our family in order to guarantee the comfort and happiness of our loved ones in their latter years.