One day the adults who took care of you will need a little care back. Start practicing now.

Care runs one direction for a long time and then slowly turns around with no announcement. Nobody hands you a date. It starts small: the instructions that used to be obvious to them, the jar passed over, the drive they would rather not make at night.

Practicing now is mostly noticing. Carry the thing without being asked, learn the recipe, take the call when it comes. If the adults who raised you are not around or not able, the same goes for whoever stood in for them. Small returns now are gentler than a debt you try to repay all at once.