When I arrived at my mom’s nursing home, I was told something shocking: she had been discharged a week ago. But I never signed her out. Someone else had. The
name they gave me? Lauren — my estranged sister I hadn’t seen in ten years. Lauren had walked out of our lives after a fight with Mom and never looked back.
Now suddenly, she’d reappeared and taken Mom without warning — and somehow, the nursing home accepted her documentation. Frantic, I tried calling,messaging,
searching — but Lauren had vanished. Then, scrolling through Instagram, I found her: “The Sunrise Caregiver” — a glossy account showing Mom, confused and
vacant, sitting beside a smiling Lauren. The caption? “Caring for the woman who gave me life. #FamilyFirst.” And a donation link. Over $1,000 raised,Lauren
was painting herself as a hero — while erasing me
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