This is a brilliant response, and I can relate, having to care for a mother in pretty much the same condition as your father.

Worse, I have a brother who seems to believe that she acts the way she does out of laziness, that somehow she could act normal if she just tried harder. This results in unending resentment from both of them and an overall hostile situation I frequently find myself in the middle of. It gets tiresome being the referee, and I find myself often sympathizing with my brother simply because so much of her behavior is extremely aggravating. She also periodically gets on the "I want to die" kick but is at the same time terrified of death and so egotistical she actually weeps at the prospect of her own death. She mourns for herself, if that makes any sense.

I rather wish we were Canadians or had a Sarcopod in the garage . . . but Canada's going overboard with their sinister policy . . . which is beginning to look like some sort of state-managed eugenics program.