Hi Tiff,
I just want to say that I hope and pray you'll not water the seeds planted by your dad when he related that dream of his.
My mother loves to predict that I'll suffer the same troubles and trials that she is facing in her old age.
She actually tells me of these pains, with great relish, in terms of what, as she says, I "have to look forward to".
So... I see this as a way of bringing you down to their level.
I feel that it is an attempt to influence, magnify, and increase your fears...
and I'm praying that this insidious deception fails, falling flat.
And you know... if anyone ever had a growth on her shoulders, it's the woman who tries to carry around the weight of N family.
In order to run the race set before each of us... I just believe that we each need to place that encumbering burden back where it belongs.
With Love,
Carolyn