February 14 at 9:46 AM ·
My dad is 76 and for the past couple of years he'd just stopped coming to family lunches as often. Stopped sitting through my kids' soccer games. Always had an excuse to leave early. I thought he was just getting older. Didn't want to push it. Then one day I asked him. Turns out sitting had become genuinely painful — his tailbone and lower back would ache within 20 minutes of sitting in any chair. He'd just quietly accepted it as part of getting old. I found this cushion called Holie that has a cutout where the tailbone sits so there's zero pressure on that spot. Got him one for his recliner and one for the car. Honestly didn't expect much. But now he's staying longer at dinner. Last month he sat through my son's entire baseball game without once asking to leave. On the drive home he said "I forgot what it felt like to just sit somewhere and not think about it." If your parent has been quietly skipping things — it might be worth asking why. 🙏
