Old Buster was a loyal friend and yesterday

[Backseat Driver]

19. I am so sorry for your loss of your beloved pet; on the human side,

if one is in their right mind, by even more stringent criteria than for a LW&T, assisted self-suicide is legal and possible in all 50 states, or so I've read and been told, in the following way. It is something to think about...to be sure, it's not easy and not a method that is quick enough, but it is on one's own terms for dignity!

When she requested I not ever speak to her again 30 years ago, I chose to honor her request. Last year I was informed that my 92-year-old mother was in rehab from a second stroke and had hurriedly chosen Hospice and VSED to end her life on earth in May, 2021. She wound up across the hall from my brother who likewise had shunned me but had made an overture of reconciliation. I spoke and visited with him, and he too passed from illness in the fall of this past year.

Hoping for a reconciliation at any point along those many years, a simple mindful apology for the hateful things she'd spoken to me and about her grandchildren never materialized. I can only guess what that toxic lady must have said to my father, sister(?), and brother because I was also disinherited by all three: father, mother, and brother. I'll never know if her choice was really made "legally" or even true. Instead perhaps it was even encouraged by equally greedy and cunning siblings near the end of my parents' lifetimes. It's the only way I can even imagine my mother could have been a registered and voting Democrat! She certainly had the charity and empathy of TFG to me and mine! Maybe I had made the best decision possible for the benefit of my sister's challenged child, as well as my family, all those years ago after all. Yup, a lot of questions remain, but no regrets that I was apparently well-played long term!