Seek The Rewards Of A Selfless Heart

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This heart of granddaughter me…

Broke…visiting that grandmother of mine in the nursing home…had just had that cancerous…voice box removed…she seemed well…considering…communication was challenging…used hand signals…writing…one of those vibrating things held to the neck…

This evening…that dear lady…always so strong…always so positive…was despondent…worried about money…was paying for her stay…out of pocket…was afraid she would run out…and to make matters worse…her daughter…her best friend…a nurse by trade…that mother of mine…informed her…she wouldn’t visit…unless she was paid…a lot…

Her reasoning…if she had to take time to visit…she needed to be paid…because she might possibly lose income during that time…asinine…ridiculous…cruel…a selfless mother’s love and support…helping navigate all those years of mental illness catastrophes…reduced to an ultimatum…

A senseless ultimatum…a painful ultimatum…an ultimatum no mother…should ever have to face…not sure…what…if anything…was ever settled…the spark went out…her health deteriorated…and this old gal…remains haunted…heartbroken…by the injustice of it all…

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