...in my dreams, my mother--after years of taking care of other people, including and especially my dad, who'd been ill for a decade--would reward herself at this stage and trounce off to Tahiti.  But I know better than that.  And an expert on a crusade against ageism says good for me for not trying to tell her what to do.

...in my dreams, my mother--after years of taking care of other people, including and especially my dad, who'd been ill for a decade--would reward herself at this stage and trounce off to Tahiti. But I know better than that. And an expert on a crusade against ageism says good for me for not trying to tell her what to do.

...in my dreams, my mother--after years of taking care of other people, including and especially my dad, who'd been ill for a decade--would reward herself at this stage and trounce off to Tahiti. &nbsp;But I know better than that.  And an expert on a crusade against ageism says good for me for not trying to tell her what to do.

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Your mother is not your teenager: Don’t treat her like your kid

Your mother is not your teenager: Don’t treat her like your kid