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When deathbed wishes conflict with self-preservation

My mother is dying and wants me to promise I will reconcile with my abusive brother but I worked so hard to get free from him and cannot bear the thought of letting him back in.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The dying ask impossible things because death makes everything feel possible to those who will not have to live with the consequences.

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