My mom has advanced dementia, and if she is alive this time next year, she will miss our wedding. She's in a nursing home and we know she can't possibly be at the wedding.
I've consoled myself that my dad's girlfriend will be at the wedding. Until five weeks ago when she and my dad broke up. They've been together 10 years, and while I can't say she's been a second mother to me (that was not a relationship she wanted with me or my sister), we have definitely been good friends and I was planning to include her as the 'other of the bride'... Getting her a corsage and recognizing her for being a big force in my life, and all that good stuff. She has two daughters, but neither one has ever married and I think she was looking forward to this as well.
Of course I support my dad and it's no question that it's way more important that he is there. I don't know what happened between them, and ultimately it's not any of my business. It just makes me sad not to have a 'mom figure' there...
Thanks for letting me vent! Onward!
