[Noah930]

Thank you for the words of condolence. I don't know if it's a good thing or bad to watch your loved one literally take their last breath. It's painful to watch. But I think it's relief that I feel most now. Not personal relief from the caretaking duties, but rather the knowledge that my mom is no longer trapped by her failed physical body.

I worry about my dad, who now lives aline in a big house. He refuses to move from his castle on the hill, though.