I too can understand the continued memories......my Mother died in January & to be quite honest, I don't know if I have ever felt any grieving. There were so many horrible experiences surrounding the end of her life that were tramatic.....& I blame her for everything that I had to go through.....along with her whinning to see her boyfriend when I was protecting us from the RN that was his neighbor.

I just can't seem to experience any grief feelings......& sometimes there is a real guilt is not feeling anything.

I am glad you had the relationship with your father that the others missed out on.....it is something they will never be able to appreciate...but they may be resenting the fact that you were able to be there for him....even though they may never express that.

Debbie