As we get older, we become more independent from our parents/guardians. I think most people go through a stage of rebellion against the ones who take care of them; it's a funny and vicious cycle. But if you are fortunate enough to still have your guardians around, and even more fortunate enough to get along with them, then please consider taking a day or even a few hours to connect or reconnect with them.

Also, if you haven't already, ask about your guardians life history. I believe that it's very important to learn about the history of your family. For me, it sucks that for lack of documents or other physical evidence that I don't have the option of knowing whether or not my family is descended from the Incan empire (imagine the potential bragging points) But just knowing about my family's culture, namely through food, is very interesting in the sense that it gives you another facet to add to your identity.

As for life history, I have learned a lot about my parents just by asking them about how they grew up, or any question that popped into my head. Sometimes they will just make a comment about their past experiences. Sometimes though I will think that they are exaggerating the details, like when my mom told me that she had to walk lots of miles just to get to school (because this is a common trope/story amongst our elders my skepticism is strongly at play here).

You can learn about a person's struggles: a couple days ago my dad and I were driving to Queens, and in this particular neighborhood we were driving in he said that he used to try to find work as a car mechanic by going door to door. You can also learn about a person's capacity for imagination: my mom told me a handful of times that because her family grew up poor, she and her sisters played with rocks and leftover cans and boxes and role-played as people checking out of the supermarket when they were kids. She also told me that when they all got older, they would use the sharp rim of a canned food lid to curl their eyelashes; talk about resourcefulness!

The people who have taken care of you are not going to be around forever, and people start to realize that more and more as everyone around them grows older. If you are going to take away anything from this, I will reiterate the goal for you to hang out with your parents/guardians, if you are able/can tolerate it, sometime soon. Please try to enjoy the moments you have with them so that you can tell their stories to someone else in the future.