I'm Not Honoring My Dad's Death-wish

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🗓️ 6 January 2025

⏱️ 4 minutes

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Terri wonders if she made the right decision to conceal from her mom the letter her dad wanted her to read after his death. 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
0:10.0	Triumph 11.
0:11.5	Harry, welcome to the program.
0:14.3	Thank you, Dr. Laura, for taking my call.
0:17.1	You're welcome.
0:18.5	Thank you.
0:19.4	The reason why I'm calling today is about five years ago, my dad passed and my mom and
0:25.1	dad have been divorced for a very long time, but they were still remained very good friends.
0:32.2	My dad had wrote my mom a letter and when he was still alive said to me did I want to read it and I said no
0:40.0	that's between you and mom so when my dad did pass and I was executive I I'm a little curious
0:47.6	who had the letter he sent a letter to your mom but he retained it no no my father held on father held on to the letter, and I was to give it to my
0:58.4	mom when he died. Oh, I wouldn't get, I wouldn't do that. So you don't think she should have
1:08.5	gotten a letter? If he didn't send it until he was dead, then he was afraid of what would come of it.
1:14.9	I wouldn't get in the middle of that.
1:17.6	Okay.
1:18.0	She can't confront, ma'am.
1:20.6	She can't, ma'am, she can't confront him.
1:23.8	She can't deal with whatever he said.
1:33.8	Thank you. She can't deal with whatever he said. Okay, so I can get rid of my guilt because I didn't follow through.
1:37.4	Good.
1:38.2	I argue with my brother.
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