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Abstract Family love is the first kind of affection experienced after birth. As natural as breathing, this affection is an instinct. Family love is affection for loved ones out of love; it is parental love, brotherhood, flesh and blood, the love of elders for juniors and vice versa. When we were young, we were gems in the palms of our parents and were pampered. This made the intrinsic quality of life more inextricable and lasting. As we grew older and started to take charge, our parents already had gray hair with marks of old age on their faces. Seeing our parents get old with deteriorating health, we finally start to take the issue seriously and realize that we must keep them company and take care of them on a day-to-day basis. Being able to live with our parents again is supposed to be the most natural thing to do, but it is quite the contrary in reality. Growing up, everyone has taken on challenges from school and work, and parents too have had their own priorities. Everyone is apparently used to living independently. Then one day out of the blue, God decides to give middle-aged children a task that they cannot refuse, something that they never anticipated. As one’s parents get older, their physical functions become much worse. The signs of illness act as reminders of their responsibilities. When self-accomplishment and having to take care of parents in daily life come into conflict, they start thinking about how to manage their time. To the parents and the children, new challenges and adaptations await them, an issue everyone will eventually face someday. In view of this, this paper explored the various psychological phenomena arising from offering care out of filial love. The focus of the discussions in this paper include: “Of Us in Midlife” by Chang Man-chuan and “Why Not Take Grief Seriously” and “The Distance I will Go” by Kuo Chiang-sheng. These three books explore family love and reflect on life from the perspective of middle-aged people. Through the meaning of life and the world of affection in one’s daily life, behind the seemingly calm narrative are confusion and contemplation on the responsibility of taking care of parents. The author investigated and explored the plights in life and social issues disclosed in this paper from the authors’ life experiences and the perspective of middle-aged people. Throughout the process of paying attention to individuals, caring for life and social change and on the basis of reading the text carefully, the life consciousness contained in the writings about middle-aged family love was explored.
Keywords: Middle-age Metal State, Family Love, Writing of Sickness and Old Age, Long-term Care, Chang Man-chuan, Kuo Chiang-sheng
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