The year was heart-breaking - no, heart wrenching - watching our once very confident, vibrant daughter deteriorate to a very needy hopeless individual.
We were now caring for our precious new grandchild but also trying to care for our daughter. We prayed, made doctor's appointments, prayed more for wisdom and guidance, waited for positive results, made more doctor's appointments, prayed more but saw little change.
We were exhausted, we were spent emotionally but yet as parents we could never and would never give up.
A visual, I will never forget, is seeing our daughter in bed - in the fetal position, crying, wanting to know if we ever thought she would be normal again. Yet, she held her Bible and a book "Calm My Anxious Heart". Her hope and our hope was in a loving, caring Father who promised to work ALL things together for good. We knew God had a plan and a purpose but we had no idea what that was at this point. Yet, we kept trusting and we kept praying. We had literally hundreds of people praying with us so we were sustained and remained hopeful.
We have always and will always love Sharee. She is a treasured gift from God.
Mom
We were now caring for our precious new grandchild but also trying to care for our daughter. We prayed, made doctor's appointments, prayed more for wisdom and guidance, waited for positive results, made more doctor's appointments, prayed more but saw little change.
We were exhausted, we were spent emotionally but yet as parents we could never and would never give up.
A visual, I will never forget, is seeing our daughter in bed - in the fetal position, crying, wanting to know if we ever thought she would be normal again. Yet, she held her Bible and a book "Calm My Anxious Heart". Her hope and our hope was in a loving, caring Father who promised to work ALL things together for good. We knew God had a plan and a purpose but we had no idea what that was at this point. Yet, we kept trusting and we kept praying. We had literally hundreds of people praying with us so we were sustained and remained hopeful.
We have always and will always love Sharee. She is a treasured gift from God.
Mom
I love this note from your Mom, as I'm pretty sure my Mom could have written something very similar to me. We are so blessed to have great parents there, available and willing to help. I know I wouldn't have gotten through many different points along the way (for me it stretched over 5+ years). I just wish my parents didn't live 300 miles away from me.
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