Is It Time to Forgive My Sister?

The Dr. Laura Podcast

Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM

Grandparents, Podcast, Love, Marriage, Sexuality, Marriage 101, Confrontation, Relationships, Couples, Well-being, Exercise, Workout, In-laws, Shacking Up, Counseling, Society & Culture, Health & Well-being, Parenting, Triumph, Feuds, Surviving A Shark Attack On Land, Power, Healing, Messing Up, Emotions, Quote, Procrastination, Divorce, Kids & Family, Dr Laura Schlessinger, Childhood, Wisdom, Responsibility, Do The Right Thing, Goals, Inspiration, Dating, Stay-at-home Dads, Lesbian, Life, Kids, Dr Laura, Family, Ethics, Siriusxm, The Ten Commandments, Sex, Social Media, Mental Health, Health & Fitness, Snowflakes, Stay-at-home Moms, Co-parenting, Proper Care And Feeding Of Husbands, Stop Whining Start Living, Strength, Workplace, Ultimate Guide To Marriage, Single Parenting, Gay, Courage, Stress, Grief, Love & Life, Fitness, Coping, Conscience, Woman Power, God, Health, Feelings, Parenthood By Proxy, Friendship

4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 February 2025

⏱️ 6 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Lee wonders if she should forgive her dying sister for the pain she caused over her lifetime. Searching for advice? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Thanks for downloading my call of the day podcast. You too can participate in my live radio program
0:06.8	heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 111. Lee, welcome to the program.
0:16.9	Good afternoon. Hi. How can I help?
0:23.3	I talked to you in 2017, I believe.
0:28.0	I spoke to you about a very difficult relationship I had with my mother and my half-sister.
0:36.2	And you asked me, why do you continue to go see them?
0:41.1	Which was a very good question that I'd never asked myself.
0:45.8	And I stopped going for a while.
0:49.9	Stupid me, I went back for the last time, and it was a complete disaster.
0:57.3	My sister yelled at me pretty bad, and I completely cut off contact with her.
1:05.5	But I finally stood up to her and sent her a text message and said, you didn't have to yell at me. There was
1:14.0	no reason for that. And she never answered me. And then she just kept texting me like
1:19.0	nothing ever happened. She got sick about a month ago. She's in ICU. And my mother's
1:27.4	at the hospital now to take her off the ventilator.
1:30.8	And I just want to know how I can say goodbye to her peacefully.
1:36.9	Your sister's gone, it's, ma'am. It's too late to say goodbye.
1:40.8	Yes.
1:41.9	Yeah, that's over.
1:49.3	Yeah. And it's very sad. It And it's, it's very sad. It's very sad you didn't have a sister,
1:52.9	and that's what you have to say to yourself. It's very sad that I never really had a sister.
1:57.6	Can I hear you say that, please? Yes. Let me hear you say it. I never had a sister.
2:01.7	It never. It's very sad that I never had a sister. I never... It's very sad that I never had a sister.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr. Laura Schlessinger & SiriusXM and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.