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Saturday, March 12, 2011

Patience? What's that?

I usually have the patience of Job, just ask anyone who knows me, but today it's not in my vocabulary! On days like these, I'd like to go back to bed and pretend this week skips from yesterday to tomorrow and forget about today.
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  1. nano's nanaMarch 13, 2011 at 12:39 PM

    it's difficult to have patience with those who are only concerned with what's going on in their own sphere of life. continue to ask the L-rd for strength as you tend to your mother's needs. how is the hunt for outside help coming?

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  2. sdhMarch 13, 2011 at 12:59 PM

    Even Job had bad days and wished he'd never been born on some of them, so we're in good company! Thankfully the Lord Jesus lived the perfect life we could never live and died to cover everything else we'd ever do wrong in this life...then said, it's finished! Hmph! I'm so glad...on the days when I feel my sins overwhelm me like a Tsunami I remember the Good News that He cares for me, invites me to throw all my cares on Him, forgives me completely when I confess my faults to him and seek His mercy. May He grant you wisdom as you seek helpers, too. You cannot take the place of God in your loved one's life. They also have to look to Him and trust Him, even through the help of others beyond you. You truly must have some time apart for your own mental and physical health as a human being, connect with other people of faith who will pray with and for you and lighten the load through their love, too. Remember, you are still grieving the loss of your father - and your mother, the loss of her spouse. This, too, presents a heavy strain on your souls and needs time and care to heal. Are you finding anything helpful to read at this time? I just Googled Christian care-giving in Sperry, OK and came up with this: http://www.eldercarelink.com/provider/listing/Elderly_Care_Home/Oklahoma/1/Sperry-OK
    have you checked this out?
    D

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  3. Tina's Caregiver ForumMarch 13, 2011 at 7:27 PM

    I have found a respite voucher program through DHS that may allow me to help pay for in-home help so that I can get out of the house and not feel guilty about it. I'm going to call them tomorrow and see what I can find out.

    Thanx Cuzzies for all of your help and info. you've provided. I love you both,
    T.

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