I want to thank Leed, Eskie Lover, and others who offered support in recent weeks.

Mom died on July 9. I was able to be with her day and night for the last 2.5 days, at the nursing home.

She was very ill from the COPD, which also had caused dementia.

I miss her a lot.

The first time I walked into a supermarket soon after she passed away, I thought, "I can't do this. I don't know how to live without her in my life."

We didn't always have a smooth relationship. She could be negative, self-centered, and manipulative. But she was always there for me. We all have our faults, and I have mine.