Family history

[sjo]

I recently got in touch with my uncle's ex-wife, my Aunt L. I figure she's still my aunt, even if they divorced years ago. She's the mother of two of my cousins. She's been dishing about her life, which has been handy for clarifying and correcting information on that side of the family tree.

Yesterday I learned that my maternal grandmother committed

Comments

[kakurowski]

Intense

[evcelt]

::here and listening::

[takwish]

Are you in touch with M?

[citabria]

My mother told me they both died of cancer, which is apparently untrue.

Actually, as I read this, I was thinking that it was quite true -- his cancer killed the both of them, in a way.

But as much as I can understand that, I can't imagine leaving someone I had any feelings for in a position where they had to deal with the aftermath. I'm sure that, in her mind, she didn't see a legal risk because of her conversations with the hospice nurse -- but I also suspect that her mind wasn't quite processing in a fully logical fashion. How sad for all of your family.