In today's Dear Annie column, a reader reflects on the lifelong regret of missing her mother’s final moments and urges honesty with loved ones about serious health issues.
the woman who was on the fence about telling her stressed and busy daughter about the recurrence of her cancer, was spot-on. To this day, I regret that I was not with my mother when she died from heart disease.
It was Christmas, so I was busy with a thousand things and I didn’t think it was a big deal that she was going to the hospital for a “minor heart procedure.” She never woke up, leaving my dad - who was suffering from Parkinson’s - alone to cope. I wish I had known, and after that, I vowed to always be honest with my son and daughter about my health. - Miss My MomThank you for sharing your story. Even when people have good intentions behind their silence, like wanting to spare those they love from pain, it’s not as kind a choice as honesty. By coming clean, we allow our loved ones to share the weight of our burdens now instead of carrying the regret and sadness of them later.Annie Lane has offered witty, common-sense solutions to everyday problems in her column, “Dear Annie” since July 2016. She grew up in California and graduated with honors from New York University, where she...
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