8 thoughts on “Prayer Requests 12-22-25”

  4. Praying, too, NJ. Have you read, “Finding Grace in the Face of Dementia”? It is an excellent book. Different days or time of the day can be so different. Is there anyone you can call to get a read on her today?

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  5. Thank you ladies so much. I stopped in at Mardels which is right by her facility and felt so sick to my stomach from the anxiety I just came home. I texted my two other friends that I just could not do it. I had sent a present to her a couple weeks ago and I believe she threw it in the trash without opening it. I don’t believe the others understand the intensity of what happened that day except for my husband…he doesn’t want me to put myself in that situation again.

    I will get that book Kathaleena…this has been another traumatic episode in my life that I just cannot understand. I keep telling myself to suck it up and move on but that has proven to be difficult!

    You ladies have been a blessing to me in covering me in prayer…I cherish you all….

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  6. NJ, it is best that you not try to see her when the possibility exists that you might have the same bad (horrid) situation.

    I think God probably brought on the warning sickness to save you from worse. It is your gut instinct. My friend who has recently given me pause to reflect on if we should still be close friends uses that attitude of, “Suck it up, Buttercup.” She credits herself with being able to push through. I think she thinks of me as a wimp when I can’t do the same. That comes across to me as a prideful attitude. If God does not strengthen someone to do something, then I feel He does not want it done.

    Praying that you will have greater peace in the letting go. This is a transition stage. In the future she may have less capacity to lash out. There may be a time to sit by her bed and hold her hand and pray and sing. God will lead you in this, whatever His will.

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  7. Sad, but you have to separate the person from the disease. It was not the person you knew who reacted that way. That is so difficult to remember. So sorry you had to go through that.

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  8. “Suck it up, buttercup,” is not helpful if you come away from sucking it up feeling devastated.

    IMHO

    I think you made the right call, NJ.

    In our prayer ministry we find that many people suffering from dementia or its friends, often have something in the past they do not want to remember.

    If they are willing to deal with that past experience, we can help them.

    But for many, it was so awful, they won’t.

    And that’s their understandable choice.

    It makes it hard, however, for those who love them.

    Thank you for trying, NJ. I think you stand relieved, now, as they say in the military.

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