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Sarah Coomber's avatar

Thank you so much for reading my post and for joining me here! I try to respond to comments pretty quickly, but I do need to log for the day. I will respond to additional comments as soon as I can. ❤️

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Molly Beckstrom's avatar

As the kids say "I feel so seen" by your writing! As my mom declined, due to Parkinson's and other chronic health issues (I called it "dying by inches") it felt more and more like the scene in Return of the Jedi when Darth Vader takes off his scary helmet and is revealed to be just a scarred human. She was no longer the "Big Bad" of my childhood but instead someone much more frail and vulnerable. I am still trying to figure out how to live life when I have to neither gain nor fear her approval/disapproval. It's like the post I leaned against moved away.

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