I Forced My 72-Year-Old Mother to Leave the Home She Loved—Forty Days Later, Her Final Gift Left Me in Tears

the sunlight.

“I will only take my plant with me,” she added gently.

Something inside me loosened—relief, strangely enough.

And I still hate myself for that feeling.

A few days later, I asked her where she wanted to go.

“Maybe a retirement community? Somewhere comfortable?”

She shook her head.

“No. Just take me to the least expensive nursing home you can continue reading …