I returned to my car and sat alone looking at all the paperwork that went along with placing Mom in a long-term care facility. How was I going to do this? There was no easy way, I knew, and I hated myself. This was not the way our lives were supposed to be. In a perfect world, Dad would still be here and retired. Mom and Dad would be taking road trips across the country.
I would still be working in Radio and having a blast. But that was all gone now. Here I sat without a career, scrimping to just get by and debt over my head that I accrued while working at a decent paying job. Dad had been gone 7 years following his battle with Cancer for 2 years. Mom was now alone and quickly losing her memory, time, and life. What had we done to deserve this? Then my Dad’s words came into my head,
‘How selfish of you, don’t you know that there are people around the world who are way worse off than you? You should count your blessings and knock off any chip you have on your shoulder’!
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