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[quote=Anonymous]My mom was 46 and my dad early 50s. They were my foster parents from 9 months old and adopted me when I was 3. My dad died suddenly of a heart attack when I was 4. My mom raised myself and two older siblings on her own. It wasn't until I really became a jparent that I could reflect on how stressful and overwhelming that was for her and understand things like how she was really hard on my brother who could act out, or me for being a pain about certain things.

When I was 27, she had a stroke and I am very thankful for my older siblings who were able to provide care for her while I was just getting started in life with a new job in a new city. She died a year later.

It can feel sad that I don't have my own parent in my life at all anymore when I see how close others are, such as my DH, with their parents in adulthood. On the other hand, I also see the aging of my in laws approaching and feel weirdly relieved that I have already put that difficult part of life behind me and we can focus on handling just one set of aging parents instead of two. [/quote]

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