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mother I never reconciled with going into hospice
Mom is in pretty late stage of cancer, gonna be seeing her later today.I cut her out of my life years before her stroke and I'm worried she's not going to recognize me at all - we never really met up or talked after my transition. Still going, though. I figure there's no reason to hold a grudge here at the end when there isn't much time left. I'm going to need to deadname my way through this because there's no way she'll remember I changed my name.
This is gonna be tough. I don't owe her shit, but I think I owe this to myself. I'd definitely regret not trying.
update
So, the visit was okay. She didn't believe I was who I said I was at first, but we got past that. We watched Tom and Jerry and I told her about my work. The visit was short because I had to go to work afterI'm going to see her again Sunday with my sister, probably for a longer time. I hope having someone else there will make it easier to keep conversation going.
I was in a very similar situation with my mom last year. All the best to you comrade, you got this.