The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children. (Nancy Friday)

The debt of gratitude we owe our mother and father goes forward, not backward. What we owe our parents is the bill presented to us by our children.

Nancy Friday

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