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When dying family members want promises about faith you no longer share

My grandmother is dying and keeps asking me to promise I'll raise my kids Catholic but I left the church years ago and can't bring myself to lie to her on her deathbed.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

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The collision between honoring a beloved elder and living authentically creates an impossible choice between truth and compassion.

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