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When family deathbed wishes conflict with individual beliefs

My mom is dying and wants the family to pray together but half my siblings stopped believing years ago and we're all trying to honor her wishes while being authentic to ourselves and it's creating this awful tension during what should be sacred time.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Love for a dying parent collides with the integrity of grown children's spiritual choices, and everyone struggles to find a way to be present that honors both truth and devotion.

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