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Hello Dr. Laura. Thank you for taking my call. I had called yesterday. I'm 61 and I have to tell you

that when I spoke to you, I've got my sister passing and my brother, nobody called you.

Yes, okay. Yes, and nobody called you. I do remember, let me just get a word in.

I do remember the call from yesterday. Yes.

So what I wanted to say when I got off the phone, the thing that stuck in my head and I had to

tell you, it gave me pause and I thought about this all night because I was so adamant to say,

but I was really close to my sister. And three times you had to tell me, no, you aren't.

And I thought, okay, I need to think about this. So I did because obviously my perspective

in my sisters was different. So I had to think about this. So when I started thinking about it

throughout my life, I am a very controlling person. I had more money than she did. So throughout

her life, I was always pushing myself on her saying, I can pay for this. I can do this for you.

I'll help you with this. And many times she would say, Terry, I am fine. I can do this myself.

But instead, I would not, I would maybe think I was listening, but I was not hearing or

respecting what she said. So I spent my life really stealing her independence, her dignity,

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