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Five years ago, my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. Her doctor gathered us all together and told us to place her somewhere to get the care she needed. I could not do that to the woman who cared and nurtured me so I left my job and cared for her in her home for 3 years. The decision came directly from God. The Holy Spirit touched me and I knew this was what I must do. The road was torturous and faith testing and I failed more often than not. I did things I never thought God would ever ask me to do. Feed her, bathe her, clothe her and even carry her from place to place. He changed her personality to one of resentment and anger. She looked at me with such distain it made every day a chore. When she finally lost the ability to communicate, the days were filled with changing, bathing, and feeding exclusively. My faith was tested because through all of this I also went dangerously into debt. The prayer request I make is due to the dire straits we are in now because I did not work for 4 of the last 5 years and although I am employed now whatever I make barely feeds, clothes and houses us; there is little left to pay off debts. I pray constantly for relief. On my hour drive each way to work I recite the rosary over and over and I have invoked every saint I can think of for intercession. I am not sorry for the decision that I made nor would I have done any different but I sure need to see relief now. Mom's pain is over but I am still feeling it...Thanks for listening and for praying for me.
