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[quote=Anonymous]My dad died at 73 of cancer and the actual death was a relief from all the pain he’d been through trying to fight it.  My feelings about it are incredibly complicated because although we were very close, I loved him immensely and he was my biggest cheerleader, he also made some very selfish decisions that left a gigantic mess for my mom (and by extension myself) to have to clean up.  He abandoned all responsibilities in the last few years so it was up to my elderly mom to basically wrap up his life to make hers less complicated.  Things like renovating and selling rental properties and taking care of other things that he really should have helped with, especially knowing there was an expiration date.  It has caused some complicated feelings of resentment that I still haven’t been able to work through.

My mom is slowly working her way through the stages of dementia which is the slowest dying process ever.  I will be incredibly relieved for her when her time is over.  I feel awful for her every day, this was absolutely her worst nightmare and it’s her life now until it isn’t.  I will probably be a hot stinking mess for a long time though, it’s been a very rough road and I love her so much.[/quote]

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