My Mother’s Lifelong Mission—to End Her Life - The Daily Beast

My Mother’s Lifelong Mission—to End Her Life - The Daily Beast: When my mother told me, “You never really become an adult until your parents die,” I dismissed her assessment. I was in my midtwenties. I had a job, an apartment, a car. I was an adult. But it turned out she had a reason for wanting me to think about her death. For the next 20 years, she was to maintain one unwavering goal: to commit suicide at age 70.