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    We have all been through it and it will happen to us. Here is a really well written article by a gentleman who chronicled the last five years of his Mother's life.

    Pittsburgh Quarterly Magazine - Saying Goodbye
    rw saunders
    hey, how lucky can one man get.

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    I've spent the better part of the past dozen years getting my aunt's ducks in a row. She has 24/7 home care, and I can sleep easily. The task fell to me because I loved her, and saw where treating manic-depression with drugs would end up.

    Which is why I suggest to anyone building a house to make it ADA compliant with an eye to aging in place.

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    That is lovely. We took care of my dad and mom to the last day. We felt very fortunate to have that.

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    That's beautiful. Monday will mark 37 years since my mom's passing. My dad followed ~30 days later. Divorced, dysfunctional, I have chronicled here my struggles in my earlier life. My in-laws have recently separated after 56? years. There is a lot of dysfunction and emotional trauma hanging over the family at this time. If it could only be like......
    Thanks for sharing that. I am contemplating whether or not to show my wife. Don't want to stir up the parental-induced lingering guilt...

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