Goodbye, Mom

[ateolf]

My mom died this morning. It was very much expected. Dad let me know last night that she hadn't been responsive at all yesterday. And for days before, she had been only responsive a little bit, waking up here and there. But yesterday not at all. In many ways it's a relief, given the condition she's been in for the last few weeks. But no matter what, it's still hard.

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[symbioid]

My dad died in 2019, and likewise, it was relief. My dad was 81, so he had a good long life. But it's not easy. I think it took me a year to really kinda accept that he was gone subconsciously, even though I handled it consciously pretty well.

That's a long way of saying sending my sympathies.

[ateolf]

Thank you. And yeah, the whole conscious/subconscious disconnect is pretty evident here.