Mom

Mom fell from her wheelchair today.  She had opened the screen door and moved herself foward with her foot.  Since the outside floor was lower, she fell forward and tumbled onto the pavement.  She suffered a gash over her right eye.   She bled profusely, but we applied pressure on the wound and it abated.  We called 911 and the medics arrived right away to check her out.  They bandaged her up, and Dad and I took her to get stitched at the Guam Memorial Hospital. As we drove, Mom's eyelid began to swell. The line of customers wasn't so long, so we waited only a few hours.  They stitched her up and we took her home.

Seeing my mother in such a state is heartbreaking.  She wants so much to be mobile again.  She even has a difficult time communicating her thoughts.  I tend to take these gifts for granted.  How I wish she were whole again.  But such is the promise of the next life.  I know that Heavenly Father saved her from death in 2008 for a reason.  It could be that she is to teach us of compassion, patience, and understanding.  This experience has taught me these lessons.  I still have a long way to go.  My mother...I love her, and I know Heavenly Father loves her.  I know he has a plan for her, and that someday she will be made whole again.