It takes a special person to undertake the task of caring for a dying family member. The decision to do so may not be easily especially when there are other family obligations or a career involved. This is a special time in everyone’s life when the individual releases the physical, mental and emotional parts of his/her life and a caregiver, especially a family member will be impacted by this process. The emotional ties of family makes watching the dying process difficult when you know that there is nothing to be done to make your loved one better or to prolong his/her life. You switch gears from fighting to preserve life to learning how to let go.