I Can't Fill My Mom's Shoes

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4.4 • 6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 February 2025

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Kelly worries that she'll be forced to take care of her dad after her mom dies. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my call of the day podcast.
0:02.9	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.3	Kelly, welcome to the program.
0:13.8	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:15.0	Thanks so much for taking my call.
0:17.0	But last Friday, my mom got put on hospice and you know that's a struggle itself but I am
0:24.0	struggling with just so much anger and resentment towards my dad and I know this is not the time
0:31.4	because wait a minute wait whoa whoa whoa whoa whoa, whoa, whoa. Whoa, slow down.
0:39.5	You have to understand, I know nothing.
0:42.3	I have to listen to you.
0:43.4	Tell me everything when you race through stuff.
0:46.0	Then I have no clue where I am.
0:48.5	Okay, so just, wow.
0:50.5	First of all, I'm sorry about your mom.
0:52.7	Has she been ill for long?
0:56.3	Yeah, she had cancer five years ago, colon cancer, and, you know, the treatment, and now it's
1:04.3	back and it's spread everywhere.
1:06.7	So it's been five, nothing.
1:09.0	So it's been five miserable years. Okay. And how long have they been married?
1:16.5	My parents, they've been married 58 years. Okay. So are you angry with your dad that your mom picked him to be your dad? Or are you angry about how he's handling the hospice
1:29.8	if you would just be specific as to what you're angry about well I think I'm angry
1:36.4	you know you use the term limp dick that kind of describes my dad again my question is
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