After Whitney Houston’s death in 2012, her mother Cissy Houston wondered if she could have done something differently to save her life.

While you’re talking to People in 2013, on her revealing memoir, Remembering Whitney, Cissy reflected on the star’s tragic death.

In this regard, Cissy, who died on October 7 at the age of 91, said at the time: “I think I was a great mother, and I still wonder if I could have saved her somehow. I think why not. Why not?” Wouldn’t I wonder that? I still want her here.”

Furthermore, she added, “Yes, I wish I could have saved her. I’m sorry that she had to die alone and in such a condition or predicament. It really made me very sad and it hurt me.”

Additionally, the Houston mom concluded by saying, “Who knows what the course will cover, where you will go in life. Life is really crazy and funny. You take one path, sometimes that’s good. Another one, sometimes that’s bad. You don’t know. You don’t know until it’s too late. Because you know that if I could have saved my daughter in any way, I would have. I could have helped her in any way.”

During her memoir, Cissy wrote candidly about Whitney’s addiction and the downward spiral that led to her death by drowning in a hotel bathtub with traces of cocaine still in her system.

At the time, the American singer said it was “really hard” to see her daughter struggle, as she claimed: “No one is born to a woman who says, ‘I want my daughter to be a drug addict.’ I did everything I could that I thought was the right thing to do. Some kids listen and some people don’t, and they encounter something they can’t handle, and most of them don’t talk to their parents about it.”

It’s worth noting that Cissy died at her home in New Jersey while under hospice care for Alzheimer’s disease, her daughter-in-law Pat Houston confirmed.