Should I Reconcile Before He Passes?

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🗓️ 13 June 2026

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Elizabeth's father is nearing the end of his life, and unresolved issues from the past remain between him and her mother, Annmarie. Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:32.6	Elizabeth is the daughter.
0:35.5	Anne-Marie is the mom.
0:44.0	Hi, Anne-Marie, mom. Hi, Dr. Laura. Hi, Elizabeth.
0:58.2	Hi. Hi. Okay. How can I help? What's going on? Okay. So, Dr. Laura, I actually emailed today to get a call and then dan called to say that would be most helpful that you you believed if one of my children was on the call so we managed to
1:04.0	do that and elizabeth is my daughter she's my youngest she's 35 she's on the call so what I had sent in an email request for a call was that I just learned today that my ex-husband, Elizabeth's father, we've been divorced for 26 years.
1:26.2	Wow.
1:26.5	And he is, yeah, he's, we were married 25 years. We've been divorced 26 years. Wow. And he is, yeah, he's, we were married 25 years. We've been divorced 26 years.
1:31.6	He's, he's pretty ill. And he, at the moment is at the hospital. We really don't know, you know,
1:37.7	you know, what's going to happen. And I, is he, is he married to someone else at this point?
1:43.7	He is, he has been married to his current at this point? He is.
1:44.6	He has been married to his current wife for about 20 years, actually.
1:49.2	Okay, so he's, and are you remarried to anybody?
1:52.5	No, no, I'm not.
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