HAPPY NEW YEAR AND WELCOME 2013!

 

 

Well in spite of everything going on in the world right now I am going to try to stay optimistic.  I am turning everything over to the Lord and am going to let HIM worry about it for me. 

 

I am going into the new year with renewed commitment to this ever present battle of the bulge.  But there are just so many other things to occupy my life and my concentration. 

 

For the last several years I have been hoping and praying for a miracle including two good incomes and perhaps a job with GREAT medical benefits (this year my payroll deduction for Jerry and I to have Kaiser went just north of $1300 a month ~ and we STILL have our co-pays on top of that!).  I don't wanna get old but I hope we make it to the age where we can go on Medicare!

 

We are going to try, with renewed commitment, to get that darn website up and running and generating an income.  I am going to have to rely on Jerry to get this done since I am so very busy with everything else, and hope to be returning to school next week for medical billing/coding/insurance.

 

And then there's the whole situation with Mom.   She is so lonely over there at the house.  She lived there with Dad for over 25 years and has seen many, many changes.  This past year was the hardest on her, having watched Dad battle brain cancer and pass away on the 23rd of December, 2011.  We are trying to encourage her to go to Emeritus - a beautiful residential facility where seniors can go to live under the same roof -- each with their own apartment, furniture, and privacy, but enough companionship and activities to keep them as busy as they choose to be.  And a cheerful dining room that serves residents 3 great meals a day as well as readily available snacks.  Mom is NOT used to making any type of major decisions on her own and we can all tell she really doesn't feel comfortable doing it.  She resents people telling her what to do but desperately wants someone to make the decision for her.  Can you say "rock and a hard place"? 

 

Okay, enough stress talk for one day!  Plenty more where that came from... until tomorrow then...

 

Dear Lord - Please help mom realize how much we all love her

and only want the best for her!