A prayer for Mom

I asked my mother this week if she had a special saint she asked to intercede for her when she was struggling, she gave me a strange look and said, "Mary," like I should have known that! We couldn't quite come up with which vision of Mary she sees, we will explore this further, in the future.
This is a picture of the Althea bush in front of my parents' kitchen. My Mom loves this prayer, I think this is what we will continue to say for her healing. I had copies of this printed to pass out to friends and family but CVS cropped the words so I'll need to do it again.

Tuesday, July 16, 2019

7/16/19 is a day seared in my memory forever. It is the day that we found out that the conditions of aging plaguing my mother were worse than we thought: Corticobasal Degeneration. The rug was pulled out from under me. I knew she had aphasia, memory loss and mild cognitive difficulties but I never expected a Parkinson's plus diagnosis. Reading about the course of the disease made things worse. Mom is 80, well outside the diagnosis for CBD and 10 years past the expected life span. Mom has a good attitude and wants to get better, that is the plan. She will get established with a home health agency and get some much needed speech therapy. She will get Physical Therapy to build her strength and take medications to manage symptoms. Planning ahead is heart-wrenching. Mom is on her own timeline, CBD doesn't know who it is dealing with. Mom is a very strong, resilient woman. It is her family that needs stronger faith and prayers of peace.

I refuse to believe that my mother's life will end unable to speak, understand and physically incapacitated. I DO believe in miracles and will continue to pray for a miracle for my mother!

O my Jesus, you have said: "Truly I say to you, heaven and earth will pass away but my words will not pass away." Encouraged by your infallible words I now ask for the grace of a complete and miraculous healing of Nana. Amen.

https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/corticobasal-degeneration/