Dear Judy,
A few weeks ago my friend’s mother died of breast cancer. The mother was skeptical of Western medicine and refused chemo or radiation. My friend moved my mother into her one-bedroom apartment (my friend slept on the couch), and provided all her end-of-life care.
In the mother’s final days, my friend took her to the [...]
Dear Judy,
Our mother remarried years ago. She and her 2nd husband are now both 78, both with coronary issues. My mother had a heart attack last year.
I am 40, and not married, and I help out as much as I can. My older brother doesn’t do a damn thing. He says he has “a demanding [...]
Dear Judy,
My mother, who could be very frank and open even with strangers, died two months ago. I loved her a lot. But I recognize that not everybody did.
The problem is what people say. I get a number of condolence notes, and also some phone calls and comments from friends. But more people than you [...]
Dear Judy,
We just found out my mother has aggressive terminal lung cancer and with chemo might last 12-14 months.
My mother was physically and verbally abusive to me when I was growing up. Now at 41, I work to have a functional relationship with her that is not too close (too avoid getting hurt again) but not [...]
Dear Judy,
Last year, my husband’s father died. His side of the family spent $24,000 on the funeral (casket, lined vault, large engraved headstone, violins, limos, the works).
My mother just died yesterday: I am not overwhelmed for a lot of reasons. We didn’t get along and she was expected to die for quite some time, among [...]
Dear Judy,
Although everyone in the family — even our family physician — went to great lengths to describe my wife’s death last year as an accident, I know deep down that it probably wasn’t. She always suffered from low-grade depression, and she refused to see a therapist. Also: after dropping off our two young kids [...]
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Posted on January 24th, 2009