Feeling low

Linda,

I don't know what to add that hasn't been said.  I just want you to know how very special you are to me.  I wish I was closer so I could give you a hug and tell you everything will work out.  By what I know about you, you are a very caring, compassionate and giving person.  I've never gotten the "selfish" vibe from you.

Try to keep your chin up.  And remember, if you hadn't lost all that weight, you'd have more than one chin to keep up!

Smooches,

Jacqui

 

Hi Linda, I'm very sorry you have so much to deal with right now.  But I do know this, as hard as all of this has been, it would have been so much harder if you had to deal with all of this on top of carrying around all that extra weight.  You could easily have driven yourself into a heart attack or stroke with the stress you've been under lately.  How could you have been there for your family then? I also believe that you are doing the right thing for Mikey.  That doesn't make it the easy thing (the right thing rarely is), but it is still right.  As a mother of a 13 and a 6 yr old I  know it isn't quite the same, but my sister and I went through some similar emotions when we had to put our mother in the nursing home.  She was only 67 yrs old.  Her mother was 87 when she had to go to the nursing home.  That made mother seem even younger.  But we new she would be safer there.  And in Mikey's case, you are providing him the opportunity to learn how to live and control his condition so that he can be a happier, more successful adult.  That is all any mother can do for her child. So take heart.  You are doing your best and that includes taking care of yourself so you can be there for your family in the future.