To honor thy mother and father

[Miigwech]

I think that this saying from the Bible can only refer to us as grown children. As adult children we must honor them by granting our parents safe passage into the next life, forgiving them for the things that that they did, or failed to do for us, their children. It does not mean that we have to follow our parents every wish in life. It only means that we, as the child, must prepare the way for peaceful death. If you have ever been next to dying mother or father, that is all they want to know....... They don't care about the minutiae of daily life, they only want to know that we love them and that we acknowledge that they did their best ( dealing with the reality of life). So, honor thy mother and father at the end, but never feel guilty for following your own path.