Wednesday, 03 September 2008

• It Looks Like Things Will Not Be Easy...

  I went with my mom tonight to visit my dad again. He's gotten better - he ate all of his food today and kept it down. But at the same time, he's still taking a long time to recover. He's going to need a wheelchair and a walker, and a few other handicapped accessories once he gets out of the hospital. Let me be the first to say that neither this house, not his life is handicapped accessible. His bathroom is tiny. Rooms require stepping up or down to enter or leave. The dog [his only source of fun] has been taught by him to be hyper and jump on people. [I told him this is a bad idea, but of course I'm just ruining his fun.] This is going to be hard. My dad won't be able to drive for at least a few months, and of course all yard work is right out. I doubt my brother will help with much, if anything - I see him maybe once every two months. This is going to be quite hard.

  Earlier this week I had an opportunity to buy an good house in a great neighborhood for a very very low price. I'd been talking to a friend about living together and we're both pretty much in the same situation: post college and way too old to be living with our parents. The only problem was that since this house was such a great deal, it was going to go fast, and was basically a "now or never" deal. I'd thought [and prayed] about it for a few days until it came to the point where I had to make a bid on it or let it go. I was completely neutral and could have gone either way. I really wanted to do it, but I figured I probably need to stay at home for my parents. I asked the potential roommate [who was also sort of neutral due to his own personal issues] if he was in or out, and then prayed that  his answer would be what God wanted me to do. I got a text back saying "I want to, but now is just bad timing". So I let the house go.  I think that was the right thing to do, and I'm so glad that God is watching out for me.

  Hopefully my dad will start to recover at a better pace than he has so far and won't be "out of commission" for as long as he thinks he will. Also, I hope that he'll get over any sort of "I want to be able to brag about how bad I'm doing so people will give me attention" attitude he may have. I'm not saying that he's like that for sure, but it sure seems like it sometimes.

  Thanks for the prayers... and don't stop!

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