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When dying requests conflict with your reality

My father-in-law is dying and keeps asking me to promise I will take care of his son but my marriage is falling apart and I do not know if I can keep that promise.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The moral weight of deathbed promises made in circumstances the dying cannot fully see.

Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with The examined life as legacy?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.