I am the oldest sibling of one brother and one sister. We are in our 50's, and they are both married with families of their own. All their kids are grown up and have jobs of their own. As for me, I am single, and have never been married. Since my siblings got married and left home in their late teens, I have been the only one to take care of her. This is because around the time they left home, she had gotten out of an abusive Marriage and began suffering from a complete emotional and physical break down. At this time, she also began her journey through Menopause. Mother was always fair and did her best to make our lives enjoyable, without spoiling us. So taking care of her from this point on was a no-brainer for me. During this time she began suffering from a considerable amount of internal physical ailments which are to numerouse to mention. Her feet have painfull bunions and bone deformaty, which makes to much walking difficult. She is legaly disabled and does not have many more years to live. For years I have been in Construction, and work was pretty plentifull. But just like most everyone else, it has been hard to get work and pay my bills. So here is my dilema for what it is worth. I bought a mini van for my mother, which she has cherished and babied for years. Now, the transmission went out, and it will cost several hundred dollars to repair it. I have tried desperately to make enough money to get it fixed, but I just can not keep up with the expences I already have. I will travel about 100 miles every week to take her out to lunch and then drive her around town to shop for things a women needs and see the sights, and have somewhat of a life. But as for the rest of the week, she is pretty much confined to the apartment and going stir crazy. Mother has been without a car for over 3 months now, and depression is setting in. It really kills me to see this happening to her. She has always been free spirited and held a positive attitude as well as raised other peoples spirits when they were down. My mother has a big heart, and has always been very kind and generous to other people. I want to see her be as happy as can possibly be during these last days of her life. I want to get her car fixed so she can again be free to get out and enjoy the sights and shops as women and men crave to do. My Blog is not intended to ask for Donations, I know there are many more severe circumstances that people are going through. The only thing I would like to say is, if anyone who can relate to my story or similiar situation, and the close relationship I have with my mother, and would like to help, please click on one or more of the advertisers on my Blog, and see what they have to offer. The Advertisers will pay me for your Clicks. Please remember, there is no obligation to buy anything. The advertisers know that if you only want to see what they are offering, but are not interested in buying at this time, you will still have the convenience of saving their Website as a favorite the next time you are in the market for that product as well as telling your friends about the Website.
Thursday, December 31, 2009
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