My 85 year old Mom lives in Florida. 2 years ago, she broke her arm and left leg. I was down there for a month to help her heal. If she had had to stay in a rehab home, she would have lost her small house and all her savings.

This year at the end of February, she broke her right leg. This one broke worse than the last, and she was told NOT to walk on it for 12 weeks. Once again, if she would have had to stay in a rehab center, she would have lost everything.

She is not the easiest woman to live with. She is used to getting her own way and makes you feel guilty if you don't do things her way.

I have a lot of health issues, and being there for me is stressful. I had no help. None because she never has seen me as a person with chronic pain or a disability. I was.....a tad insane by the time the 4 months were up, and my body and brain went into hibernation once I got back home to my Husband.

I have spent the rest of the year trying to get BACK to where I was last February.

That is the short version. The long version is not so pretty. LOL

Tomorrow, well today, in 6 hours, I am off to get a test that I should have had in July....

If I had left and come home, How could I look in a mirror and tell others to help those in need?

So while I didn't do it to say I carried a cross, I did do it because it was the RIGHT thing to do. but sometimes, the right thing to do is not easy...