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I haven't been writing much. My grandma had a stroke and I've been out of it a bit. I'm sure you've noticed my absence.

I have... Because I am well used to family disrupting our plans, I figured something was going on. I usually don't like to interfere or intrude, trusting that people will return when their world is righted again - something I tend to want myself. I feel for you, my father has suffered many strokes... My best wishes for her recovery.

For the rest of her life she isn't going to know who I am. Just like my grandpa with Alzheimer's. That's just painful.

I was always her favorite. And what's worse is the fact that my uncle who was living with them was stealing her money, as she was in the hospital! Men like him deserve nothing but death - to suffer as they die.

Man that's tough, very sorry to hear. Reminds me of my dad's mother overseas, I was very young, and her husband had passed away... anyway, as she lay dying in her bed, the family was clearing the house out... Mum had left all her personal things behind when they migrated, and when she went back, she saw them all at the relative's places... no one apologised or asked if she wanted them back... People are strange that way...

Working in real estate I often was asked to sell houses before the kids had even buried the parent... I walked away from those, couldn't stand the thought... But feeling ill of others doesn't help your health see??? Everything gets paid for in this life, I have told you this, so his day will come, trust me...

His day has come and gone. I remember as a child watching him cry like a baby when we visited him in prison. I will never see that again. I've erased people for doing nothing out of my life. He can be gone as well. I already know he doesn't give damn about anyone in the family.

You have to let them go, else they drag you back too??? Your way is forward, a long life ahead of you, one you must fight for and create. People like him are a dime a dozen. You have purpose and will. Use those to be the best you can be at everything you do. That's what's important really, building a future for your family. And learning to love yourself so that others too can love you.