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I can't stop the inevitable... I will certainly feel a great loss as I have with the death of other loved ones..

BUT I have no regrets regarding my caregiving.. Mom is loved and respected by me and I KNOW I am doing my best...

It's my siblings who will have to answer to their conscious!!
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I will probably feel lost and depressed for a while, but will keep going on. I think about Arnold's words in the movie "Torch Song Trilogy" after his partner Alan died. "It is easy to speak good of the dead. They do so little wrong." It is such a true statement, and we see it so often here on the site. When we think back on caring for our loved ones, we remember the times when we weren't perfect, but forget the special things we did for them. We caregivers are like that. With the stress we face each day, being more perfect is probably unrealistic. Braida, I have the feeling you did a super job as a caregiver. Perhaps you could have been more angelic, but we are only human.

I hope that soon you will have nothing but good thoughts about your mother and you at an earlier time of life. Hugs hugs and more hugs.
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Thank you Braida for sharing that. I'm sorry your mom has passed. I'm going to heed your heart felt words. My mom is 76 & possibly half way through this, but I have no way of knowing for sure. I vow to do the very best by her while I can.
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