My Parents had their issues, but when push came to shove, they were there for my Brother and I.
At one point they probably should have split up, but there was no way people did that when they had young children back in my day.
They were Married for 56 Years when my Mom passed away.
Mother died at age 85. Her mind was as clear as ever but she was so sick then that death was a relief for her. December 5th was her birthday and I got a letter from one of my older Sisters. She said she misses Mother as much now as when Mother died 10 years ago.
I too miss her love and kindness and she was just plain pleasant to be around. One day I asked if she knew the birthdays of all her 13 grandchildren. She knew them all. I then asked about her great grandchildren and she knew every one except she said she was not certain about one, she thought she knew but wasn’t totally certain.
I could never do that no matter how hard I tried. It did show what was important to Mother.