Since parents do get old sometimes ...just who is responsible to care for them? I say it is my siblings. After all I am pretty sure I was adopted.
Ok, never mind that, how about the state. Can I just put "her" somewhere and claim poverty, letting the expense be picked up by my fellow tax payers.
The only other solution would be just to go on with my life as though "she" is just fine. When a call comes from a neighbor I know I will be surprised to find she was on the floor for 3 days and had no way to call for help. (Sarcasm)
So in all seriousness
Perhaps I have over looked the real solution. The one that makes us family in the first place. The old fashion values I was raised on as well as my memory of teaching a lesson or two on Charity, a few on Remembering and the doctrines taught by our Savior Jesus Christ.
My mother will be cared for in a manner pleasing unto my Father in Heaven. She will be respected and treated with dignity to her dying breath.
Most important she will be LOVED.
I so wish I could see the rewind movie of my infancy. Helpless and unsteady. Making faces, throwing food, as well as throwing up. Talking nonsense, making big messes in places no one wants messes in....... and you know the rest of being a tiny one relying on others to help you through to the next phase in life.
That's the plan for my mom as she declines and prepares for the next phase.
Thanks mom. for a real chance to give back.
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