Its a touching addition to your collection of southern small-town, generational authors like Ann B. This series serves up a generous helping of laughs and hope. Some days you just have to laugh to keep from crying. Navigating the care of an aging parent while parenting our own children is never easy. The story of the Slocum women is the story many of us are facing. Either way, I feel like Im already too late. Again.Now that Momma is missing, Im sandwiched between the choice of staying with my troubled teenage daughter or leaving to find my demented mother.
I regret telling her that I thought the ranch had become more than she could handle because the moment she was strong enough to manipulate her walker, she stole a car and broke out of that swanky place. Her refusal to even consider convalescing in my Washington DC home left me no choice but to leave her in an assisted living center in Texas. I flew home to try to mend fences with her one more time. Ive wasted twenty-five years trying to chip away at this hurt.
Her inability to forgive me has hardened our relationship like the tiny fossils trapped in the limestone bluffs along the Frio River. Momma cant remember which road to take to get from her ranch to the small town where she grew up, but she can recount every detail of the day I broke her heart. My aging mother is the poster girl for this truth. My mother steals cars and breaks out of Alzheimers units." From USA TODAY bestselling Author Lynne Gentry comes a heartwarming peek inside a mother/daughter relationship turned upside down.Not all southern women are sweet tea and sympathy. "About this title" may belong to another edition of this title."Some women play bingo and go quietly into the night. I was prepared and that is why when it was my turn to sink or swim, I made it safely to the shore. This is the assurance I craved, and the comfort I achieved by writing this book. Thus, when life spins out of control, they rock on the waves, but eventually they grab hold of the Hand they knew well and allow Him to bring them to safe harbor. The survivors grounded themselves in God's word,surrounded themselves with a strong support system, and regularly yielded their will to the Father before the storm hit. I've pondered the reasons and come to believe, those who make it are those who prepared ahead of time.
Years of ministry had afforded me the opportunity to observe people undergoing identical difficulties (divorce, loss of a spouse, illness, financial ruin,etc.) Some remained faithful, even emerged more committed to their faith. When then bottom fell out of the ministry we'd worked so hard to build, it made me ask: Why do some thrive in conflict while others struggle to survive? And which one will I be?
Sooner or later everyone encounters setback or tragedy.
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