(I am blessed to be a guest devotional writer today over at Granola Bar Devotional.)
I would cry out, “How long, O Lord? How long” as I would leave the nursing home where my mother spent the last five years of her life. Due to a terrible fall and surgery, Mama would never be able to fully walk again. Previously, her mind had slipped into a roller coaster of dementia-ridden fear, repetition, accusation, jealousy, confusion, and hallucinations. Diabetes turned to Type 1 at age 85, making her insulin-dependent until the day she died at age 98. Then in her last year of life, she got an extremely painful, odd cancer.
I loved my Mama dearly and she loved her family. I loved to see her smile, hear her laughter, feel her motherly arms around me. She lived near me the last fifteen years of her life where I watched and lived her life daily so also watched the hard side to aging.
Mama was one of those 1940s gals who went to work for the war effort. …. [Find the rest here @ Granola Bar Devotional…]
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