There were also many blessings. What I learned by loving him has shaped who I am and what I now believe.

They wouldn't let your mother out in 1985?! I thought refusing medical care had always been a recognized right, until 2020. Maybe that went by states.

Dying is so much better at home or hospice. I'm glad you could do it. In hospitals, they torture the patients, and their families, to the very last breath.