Re: George I am sorry

LOL. Don't be silly, 2984. We're all here (hear) for each other.

One thing, though. That comment you made about women always being the one to care for their parents, and such.

Ain't necessarily so - certainly not when it comes to MY sister.

As I've stated previously, because my Mom has no money to leave her when she's passed into spirit, my sister has abandoned her.

With my Mother's social security check (her ONLY income), my sister pays my Mom's basic bills, and does all the "obligatory" things, but takes no special time to care for my Mom. She doesn't visit her. She doesn't take her out to lunch, etc. In fact, my sister is embarrassed of her. And she has passed her beliefs onto her son -my Mom's grandson - and my nephew - who both me and my Mom helped to raise when he was a little boy.

Now, he doesn't even phone my Mother - or me, for that matter.

Oh, how things would be different if my Mom had a couple of hundred grand to leave my sister when she dies.

It's all so terribly, terribly sad.

So, into that mix is my life. But, because of the advice here that I've been given -and because of the great words of Christ, Joel Osteen, and so many other great souls that the Good Lord has sent us, I am finding my peace with my present situation.

And I'm discovering that God NEVER abandons us - though others, even family members, may do just that.

The point is: WE must not abandon our lives, our goals, our dreams; somehow, we must keep the faith - and keep our heads, while others - and the world - loses theirs.

We must be the light in the dark; the calm in the storm.

We must be, as Joel Osteen has said, the eagle that rises ABOVE the storm...and not the "chicken" who flaps his fly-less wings, never leaving the ground.