Refresher: My Family Is Out To Get Me After My Mom’s Death

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🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Summary

From my Call of the Day archives; Rebecca’s therapist has concluded she’s the “odd man out” when it comes to the relationship with her siblings. However, she’s having a hard time accepting this and staying focused while under constant attack as her mother’s estate is divided among them. 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	Time now for a refresher from my Dr. Laura Call of the Day archives.
0:04.7	And remember, you two can participate on my live radio program heard weekdays from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:16.7	Rebecca, welcome to the program.
0:19.1	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:20.9	Hi.
0:22.2	How are you?
0:22.9	What's up?
0:24.2	Well, I have a bit of a problem.
0:27.3	I lost my mother recently in October.
0:30.2	It was rather unexpected, but it happened very quickly.
0:34.4	I was her caregiver for 10 years, my husband and that pretty much included everything and as she got sicker
0:43.3	we hired agents to help us in her care but we were her primary caregivers grocery shopping
0:50.3	taking her to the doctor etc. cetera. I have five siblings.
0:55.4	When my mother passed away, I was her attorney, power of attorney, for her health.
1:05.1	And in that role, I was the one who, unfortunately, had to make the call to stop the life support that my older sister told them to put her on because she was at the hospital at the time and I had been at home and there had been a storm going on and the records from the hospital were not available
1:29.1	on the computer so they did not have the copy of the DNR. So time came and I knew what mother wanted
1:37.1	and I did what was required by me. It was an honor but yet it was also the hardest thing I've
1:43.3	ever done.
1:44.7	Sure.
1:46.0	Yeah.
1:53.5	So following that very challenging time, I will say this, Dr. Laura, because you're a mother.
2:01.6	Helping the woman who brought me into this world take leave of it was a great honor and a privilege. And I'm so thankful that I had to do that hard thing.
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