James Sexton

And maybe that was a gift that they gave to us.

That wasn't meaningless suffering.

That wasn't meaningless.

It gave us tremendous sensitivity.

It gave us tremendous empathy.

It gave us tremendous gratitude.

And I know when my mom passed after two years on hospice, I remember one of my most frightened feelings was this is how I will remember her.

70 pounds in a hospital bed in the living room like kind of hello and curled up and I was just yeah, it was it was and I remember thinking oh no, like this is the image that will be burned in my brain forever.

This is all remember my mother.

And then time passes and it's not true.

Like, it's not true.

Like, yeah, I remember that, but I remember it in like a distant way.

You know, like memory is kind, you know, like I remember my mom smiling with hair.

I remember my mom when I was a kid, you know, while I was walking around Bradley's and like hiding under the dresses and she would like find me.

Like, I remember that so sharply.

I don't remember that painful stuff.

And so I think it's the same thing.

Like, I think that

We don't really know when a relationship is ending.

Of course, you're deeply in the pain of it.