Dear Amy: My husband was diagnosed with ALS at the age of 67.
I think you have a few things to feel bitter about — your husband’s decline and death from an absolutely punishing and heartbreaking disease, being one.
One way to cope with your bitterness might be to see if you can conjure a way to feel sorry for this man, who denied himself contact with his brother, and who will never be able to make it up to him. Because — this much is true — nothing you do will affect the real source of your grief, although releasing this element of bitterness in your life will definitely help.
My husband and I have one 10-year-old daughter together and I have an adult child from a previous relationship.
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