Totally. I'm sorry for you. I really am. And I know about the regret too. I wish I had been better for her. She wanted me to do better, like in school, only for my own sake. Or just life in general. I wish I had done more, to make her happy, and proud of me. I went to college later in life, and I know she was so happy for that. She would bore the hell out of people telling them about it. And on her death bed I told her how much she meant to me, and I don't know what I would have done without her; not mentioning it was largely due to how much the generation after her sucked so bad, including her son, my father. On her death bed she made me promise not to let my college go to waste. Well, I graduated a long time ago, and here I am. I guess, in a way, I'm glad she didn't see me waste it like I have all these years. But then maybe I would have done something, if I knew it would make her happy? So, yes, I live with regret about her too. I did and said things it hate myself for. When I look back at how selfish my own parents were/are, with both support in the form of tangible things, as well as love and attentiveness, and then think back to how much my Gram took care of me....I get sick to my stomach if I think about how much more I should have done to let her see her efforts were not in vain. And, I wish I had spent more time with her. Probably should have treated her more with the things she liked too. She liked expensive seafood as a treat. LOL, I wish I had gotten her more things like that. I guess I can say, at least, I wasn't like one of these guys on hard drugs that hurt her, or stole from her, over and over, all the while her still being there for me. I hate those stories. You can say the same thing!