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Family Relations: How do I accept and adjust to family moving away?
Aging Well | Last Active: Sep 22, 2022 | Replies (42)Comment receiving replies
Thank you so much, Linda. It's a great comfort to hear of your acceptance of this difficult situation. Perhaps we are living between two very different cultures as the number of "Senior" Care facilities everywhere indicates we are not alone in this. I was raised with those values, too, and not prepared for such a different family response. I wonder what's to come when our children are our age, but perhaps they will know what to expect. I wish you well and greatly respect your response to a painful experience.
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It is painful. Your kindness comes through in your responses. You are a wonderful person and would be a wonderful friend to have, I am sure. I have gone through major loss in the past year and reading a book Unattended Sorrow by Stephen Levine has helped me deal with the losses and subsequent grief. The book isn't for everyone, but I have re-read it, I think it was that helpful to get an honest assessment. I solely helped my parents and friends who I have lost through their final stages of illness. My siblings never helped, and they do not show or have any remorse for being selfish. It is an acceptable way to live, I guess. But I know I did the right thing for me as I would have felt guilt and remorse. Ask your son if they can wait to make this major move? What can it hurt?