highspirits8
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- Feb 20, 2012
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- 02/2012
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- CA
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- Palmdale
"Why has this happened to me son?" My response. It can help you or your loved one
*******LOOK I'M NOT TRYING TO PREACH RELIGION ON YOU. I AM THE LAST PERSON TO BE RELIGIOUS, BUT THIS IS THE ONLY EXPLANATION I HAVE TO WHY ANYBODY IS TESTED WITH A TERMINAL DISEASE AND THE LIKE***********
Hello everyone, let me start off by introducing myself and giving a little bit of background info on my situation and relation to ALS. I am a male 20 year old college sophomore, my mother has been diagnosed with ALS this last weekend. The diagnosis itself was just a confirmation of all the symptoms and capabilities I have seen diminish. Last August my mother was 100% functional and seemed to be healthy. The last 6 months have been an emotional roller coaster for myself and family. My mother has lost the ability to walk and struggles to talk, as if she were out of breathe. I have taken the primary role of caretaker for her and my younger siblings. My mother is a kind and loving mother, better yet a person as a whole. Which has led me to ask why this disease has chosen my mother, I found an answer to why yesterday. The answer was deep inside my memories of my younger Catholic school teachings.
I had for sometime lost my connection with religion as a whole, but please read my response I told my mother. As my mother struggled to mumble the question, "Why has this happened to me son?", a burst of emotional strength pumped through my heart. I began to tell her about the Bible's teachings (also many other religions share this view), that God puts forth great obstacles to only the best of people. The ones who have helped others before themselves and kept closest to the ways of the righteous. People around this tested person are aware of the good faith inside of this person. The test itself is not easy, faith and principles will be tested. This person's friends and loved ones will see this battle first hand. When a person of great faith, principle, spirit and valor is put in front of a great battle, there can only be two outcomes. The first is their faith and love brought to them by themselves & others helps them become conquer the test. The second is faith and the love will still fill their mind, body & soul, even as what appears to be a defeat in the physical world. Though this second outcome is in itself a success, due to the faith and strength this person shows even in the end of this test. Showing others that faith in good, will not only lift the tested person's spirit but also enlighten the minds of their loved ones. Enlightenment which others can only feel due to the strong spiritual conquest experienced by the tested.
I will be here until the end, no matter how long it will be. STILL THE PART I CANNOT ACCEPT, IS THAT SOONER OR LATER SHE WILL LOSE THE ABILITY TO MOVE AND TALK. I KNOW SHE WILL BEGIN REEL IN SAD THOUGHTS, AND WILL FEEL HELPLESS DUE TO NOT TALKING. THAT MY FRIENDS STRIKES A CHORD. Thank you for your time. Hope all your loved ones with this disease always keep strong faith, it does not have to be in religion. Just make sure they have faith in a brighter future at least.
*******LOOK I'M NOT TRYING TO PREACH RELIGION ON YOU. I AM THE LAST PERSON TO BE RELIGIOUS, BUT THIS IS THE ONLY EXPLANATION I HAVE TO WHY ANYBODY IS TESTED WITH A TERMINAL DISEASE AND THE LIKE***********
Hello everyone, let me start off by introducing myself and giving a little bit of background info on my situation and relation to ALS. I am a male 20 year old college sophomore, my mother has been diagnosed with ALS this last weekend. The diagnosis itself was just a confirmation of all the symptoms and capabilities I have seen diminish. Last August my mother was 100% functional and seemed to be healthy. The last 6 months have been an emotional roller coaster for myself and family. My mother has lost the ability to walk and struggles to talk, as if she were out of breathe. I have taken the primary role of caretaker for her and my younger siblings. My mother is a kind and loving mother, better yet a person as a whole. Which has led me to ask why this disease has chosen my mother, I found an answer to why yesterday. The answer was deep inside my memories of my younger Catholic school teachings.
I had for sometime lost my connection with religion as a whole, but please read my response I told my mother. As my mother struggled to mumble the question, "Why has this happened to me son?", a burst of emotional strength pumped through my heart. I began to tell her about the Bible's teachings (also many other religions share this view), that God puts forth great obstacles to only the best of people. The ones who have helped others before themselves and kept closest to the ways of the righteous. People around this tested person are aware of the good faith inside of this person. The test itself is not easy, faith and principles will be tested. This person's friends and loved ones will see this battle first hand. When a person of great faith, principle, spirit and valor is put in front of a great battle, there can only be two outcomes. The first is their faith and love brought to them by themselves & others helps them become conquer the test. The second is faith and the love will still fill their mind, body & soul, even as what appears to be a defeat in the physical world. Though this second outcome is in itself a success, due to the faith and strength this person shows even in the end of this test. Showing others that faith in good, will not only lift the tested person's spirit but also enlighten the minds of their loved ones. Enlightenment which others can only feel due to the strong spiritual conquest experienced by the tested.
I will be here until the end, no matter how long it will be. STILL THE PART I CANNOT ACCEPT, IS THAT SOONER OR LATER SHE WILL LOSE THE ABILITY TO MOVE AND TALK. I KNOW SHE WILL BEGIN REEL IN SAD THOUGHTS, AND WILL FEEL HELPLESS DUE TO NOT TALKING. THAT MY FRIENDS STRIKES A CHORD. Thank you for your time. Hope all your loved ones with this disease always keep strong faith, it does not have to be in religion. Just make sure they have faith in a brighter future at least.
