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Our reader\u2019s estranged mother, who is critically sick, unexpectedly requests to move back in. She declines, but the incident gradually escalates, involving the police. Read her tale to learn how she intends to manage this challenging situation.<\/p>\n

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When I was 11, my mother left me for another man, so my father reared me alone. I\u2019m 29, my father is gone, and the house is mine. Last week, my mother called out of nowhere.<\/p>\n

She stated that she was terminally ill and wanted to \u201cfix things\u201d before moving back into my home.<\/p>\n

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She continued: \u201cIt would mean a lot to stay in the home I raised you in.\u201d I declined, telling her, \u201cYou did not raise me.\u201d \u201cYou left.\u201d She cried, accusing me of being harsh. That I am her only child.<\/p>\n

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I didn\u2019t think much about it until yesterday. The police arrived at my home and informed me that a neighbor had called.<\/p>\n

They claimed there was an unresponsive woman on my front steps. It was my mother. She\u2019d been outside for hours, her suitcases still alongside her. They believe she collapsed due to tiredness or because she stopped taking her medications.<\/p>\n

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She is currently hospitalized. They inquired if I was her emergency contact. I said no. I felt a pang of guilt. But I\u2019ve spent more years grieving for a living mother than most people do for a deceased one. I\u2019m not going to open my door to someone who closed it on me first.<\/p>\n

Does that imply that I am heartless?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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