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Old 01-07-2008, 10:46 AM
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I would first insist that they fully and completely explain to me why they want to do this. I would try very hard to listen with my ears and heart, and not my head and emotions.

I would hope that they had not made the decision lightly, but had held my personal safely and needs first. Not their issues with my being unable to tolerate me being in their lives any longer.

I have been having my own challenges lately...hard time paying my bills correctly and on time (always a month of two late), poor spending choices, driving issues, not keeping my home as clean as I should (wishing I could afford to pay someone to do it for me as my neighbor is able to do), see my in own cognitive decline escalating and knowing my family can see this happening. I will stop there.

I don't know which is worse, to not be able to see the decline or to see it and know I can't do anything about it.
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