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[quote=Anonymous] I had a relatively decent childhood, and am close to my parents, as is my brother.

But unfortunately, health has been an issue. I don't think the govt could have done anything about that (Dad has Parkinsons, Mom broke her hip helping him and he fell). The cognitive decline in Dad due to parkinsons is hard to see-he's a very intelligent man, had a career pioneering in computers, and it's really hard for Mom to accept this. Sometimes she gets upset with him for stuff he can't help. Today she was upset because he hasn't scheduled his RMD yet and I said' MOM, he CAN'T do that!!!' I told her to just do it and and tell him it's done later. They've been married well over 50 years and together since they were teenagers.

I mean, we didn't know this would happen-they were on track to have a pleasant, modest retirement. It's put a lot of stress and worry on us all, but especially Mom, who has had a hard time accepting the decline. As a family, we do try to spend as much time togehter as possible and to enjoy it. I'm blessed to be 52 and still have both parents!!![/quote]

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