The best thing your parents ever said

[winter is coming]

7. Hmm.

My dad: about a year before his death, looked at me and said, "My golden child," with such love in his voice that it makes me tear up even now, years after his death. I've no idea what prompted it, as I always thought my brother was his secret favorite.

My mom (indirectly): My mom's an early-to-bed-early-to-rise type, but Dad was a night owl, as I am, so he and I had a lot of late night chats. My sophomore year of college, I came home on break and he told me one evening that my parents had made their wills. Following the attorney's suggestion, they decided to name one of their children as executor. Dad told me he'd expected my mom to want one of my sisters (older than me, and closer to Mom) and he was going to campaign for me, until Mom surprised him by simply saying, "I think it should be winter_is_coming".