pmcm

Very insightful article. The following quote from the article is a great truth, comforting and a bit liberating... , "the point is letting the pain be there�not getting over the pain but embracing it. It belongs to you, and it's right to feel it. It's hard to stay with pain, but doing so is an essential part of being human." Thank you for the article.

Thank you for this thread. Reading of other's regrets helps me feel less alone. My family and friends do not seem to understand the pain of knowing that there was much left unsaid and undone. A great truth. As someone who is consumed with guilt after 11 years of caregiving for my mom with Alzheimer's....I may need to repeat the above phrase as a mantra to get me through. So much I did not say and do...so many times I tried, but not hard enough...and finally I was just too tired. I feel like I let go and she died. I miss her so much and would literally do anything to have those 11 years back. Even the saddest moments with her were better than the happiest without her. pmcm