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I'm in a better mindset than my last post. It's tough to resist the old patterns of my family, but one of my friends (I think it was millari but it might have been morlock) summed it up well: don't go back to Andover to care of your mom, go back to visit your mom. And it's true that we already have a great team helping mom, with the PCAs from
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And I know the whole distinction between visiting your mom and taking care of your mom is easier on paper, but saying it is the first step towards making that distinction happen. Because even if your mom doesn't realize it consciously, she wants you there of your own volition, not just out of a sense of duty. Maybe you guys should try doing more activities together like playing Scrabble or something, or let her read a book to you like she did when you were a kid, to remind you both that it's a social visit. At first, you may have to do the heavy lifting to come up with activities, but maybe she'll come around.
Voting! I voted today. Does that mean you're in town? And are we still on tomorrow for deed stuff?
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