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8. We had

Reply to Randomthought (Reply #2)

Sun Feb 15, 2026, 06:02 PM

Sunday

to turn the breaker off to the stove at my parents house. Not long after we had to move them to a nursing home. They both had dementia. Most difficult time in my life, but had my husband and sister to talk to. Think that helped me some.

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