I begin this post with the murmurs of a hospital room. Sullen eyes cracking jokes and nurses not knowing what to do with themselves...
My mother went to the ER last night. She couldn't breathe right while at the same time suffering through heart palpitations. My sister thought it wise to take her to the emergency room. She was right. Turns out, she might have a blood clot leading to her lungs and anyone that knows anything will tell you...that's serious.
I went to see her not only because she is my mother, but because I sought confirmation of something I've known all along...she will not die in a hospital. I arrived to find a feisty, stubborn woman intent on getting to work on Tuesday. She got her nights sleep thanks to Tramadol and to her, that's all she needed to keep going through her impossible life. To convince her to stay involved mind tricks and subtle manipulation. How do you tell a stubborn, tough as nails woman, something she does not want to hear? Shit, it ain't easy lol She sees everything before you do so she has prepared answers for it all.
I'm gonna tell you all something...she is one of my gauges to what happens to my sister, my brother and I. As Matriarch, she has a certain place and I am fully aware of all that means. She will face it all first. What's good, what's bad and all grace. I do not take this lightly. To see her stubbornness was something of a spectacle...but a welcome one at that.
Please pray for both her and my sister...they will need it...
They are both at the end of a very long trial. Their rest is just about due. I pray they will recognize it when it comes...
~Moses
My mother went to the ER last night. She couldn't breathe right while at the same time suffering through heart palpitations. My sister thought it wise to take her to the emergency room. She was right. Turns out, she might have a blood clot leading to her lungs and anyone that knows anything will tell you...that's serious.
I went to see her not only because she is my mother, but because I sought confirmation of something I've known all along...she will not die in a hospital. I arrived to find a feisty, stubborn woman intent on getting to work on Tuesday. She got her nights sleep thanks to Tramadol and to her, that's all she needed to keep going through her impossible life. To convince her to stay involved mind tricks and subtle manipulation. How do you tell a stubborn, tough as nails woman, something she does not want to hear? Shit, it ain't easy lol She sees everything before you do so she has prepared answers for it all.
I'm gonna tell you all something...she is one of my gauges to what happens to my sister, my brother and I. As Matriarch, she has a certain place and I am fully aware of all that means. She will face it all first. What's good, what's bad and all grace. I do not take this lightly. To see her stubbornness was something of a spectacle...but a welcome one at that.
Please pray for both her and my sister...they will need it...
They are both at the end of a very long trial. Their rest is just about due. I pray they will recognize it when it comes...
~Moses
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