You already know this conversation needs to happen. You have probably known it for a while. Every time you think about bringing it up, the will, the power of attorney, what happens if something goes wrong, something else comes up, or the moment doesn't feel right, or your parent changes the subject and you let them. It's easier, for now, to just not go there. That feeling is not weakness. It is one of the most human responses imaginable to something that touches on mortality,