I’m not sure what to say honestly… I need prayers more than I need money. God is good and provides always.
I had a friend suggest this page as my husband and I are in a financial situation I never expected to be in. But here we are.
We fell madly in love, we’re each others first and only partner and are best friends entirely. We both made the decision at one point to leave our regular 9-5 jobs in hopes of starting our own business together, which would allow us to spend more time together and make our own decisions. It was going very well actually, in the beginning. All things considered, we weren’t making a ton of money, but enough to be happy.
Very suddenly, we weren’t making told our rental would need to be vacated for the owner’s family to move in. We had no place set up, so moved in with my husband’s mother temporarily. Temporarily turned into a year, then 2, but mostly due to the sudden decline of health in my mother in law. She was needing more assistance, but refused to accept it. We wanted to move, but saw her declining and felt we would be neglecting her if we did so, even if she didn’t see it. She ended up falling. Breaking her back, getting cellulitis, water on her lungs, heart failure, COPD, the list goes on. We are so focused on her health, we neglect the health of our business endeavors. And they do suffer. Her health continues to decline and suddenly she’s in the hospital for 6 months and it’s looking bad. Family was worried and everyone was preparing for the worst.
She did recover however and was told to have 24/7 care in home once she returned. Again… she refused… saying she doesn’t need help and that we are now “staying just to take her things from her”. It’s become hostile as my husband and I debated leaving since doctors were worried about her being alone, but us being here also makes her angry as we’re in her space and bother her now.
We pray for what the right choice is… we don’t know. But the stress and focus we put on her well being has hurt our business ventures and our finances, while she doesn’t seem to care. We are considering renting somewhere close by instead so she can have her space and stuff back, but still be close enough that if she changes her mind and needs help, we can be there. It’s difficult to be there for someone when they don’t want it. But we don’t have enough money to get on our feet and just start anew elsewhere…
We don’t need much… but rent is expensive here and they always want first and last months rent upfront, which we just don’t have. We have enough to eat and pay basic bills… but we need a starting point to help us give her her space, but be close enough to help if something were to happen again.
We will gladly accept any financial support we can get, but we also need prayer. Please pray for God’s guidance in our lives and provision. Please pray for us to have wisdom in this situation with our mother and for her heart to be softened when we offer assistance. I k ow she doesn’t want to lose her independence, but she was also very sick and still is…. But she won’t accept it.
we need help… we appreciate anything and very grateful for support.
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