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My mother passed away Aug. 18th 2006.
When I was 15 I trusted the Lord at a youth group. My mother hated the idea that I was a Christian. She hated the pastor of my church because in her opinion, he took me away from the Catholic church. After 30 years of witnessing to her she finally trusted the lord at the age of 80. We lived in different cities so I wasn't able to disciple her. I don't think she ever thought about being a Christian again. In January of this year she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. We did not tell her it was terminal. My brother and I took turns for the first few weeks going to Florida to take her to her Doctors appointments. My brother who is not a Christian, told her that she could stay with him while she received her treatment. I went to Florida planning to stay a week. Her Doctor said she had to start Radiation treatment to her brain right away. I stayed for a month. While I was down there my brother, who had Power of Attorney, decided he was going to put her in a nursing home. I mother was very upset and disappointed that my brother didn't want her to stay with him. I told my mother that she could stay with me. I took her to a Lawyer and had her give me Medical Power of Attorney. We then went to the bank and put all of her money in my name. If she doesn't have any money, a nursing home won't take her. When my brother found out, he went thru the roof. There was nothing he could do about it. My mother has been staying with me for the past six months. I have been talking to her about Jesus and Heaven. Several months ago she told me she was concerned about my brothers salvation. I knew at that point there was no mistake, my mother was saved. My mother is now in a coma. her death could be hours away. I cried to God, Why now? Now that my mother and I have so much in common. Why couldn't he give us more time together. God told me he gave me these last six months with her to reassure me that she had trusted him and I'll be seeing her again. I mourn for my mother. I realize that my brother will mourn for her more because he doesn't know if he'll ever see her again.
I was born and raised in St. Louis Missouri. In 1990 I moved my eight year old son and myself to Sarasota Florida. Five years later we moved to Lake Mary Florida, a suburb of Orlando. After my son graduated from High School I moved to Memphis Tennessee, to pursue a Real Estate Career. My license is currently in retirement. My plan is to move back to Orlando and go back into Real Estate. My son who still lives in Orlando wants me to go into house flipping with him. Every house that I've owned was a (cough) long term flip. I've lived in them while fixed them up at the same time. I'm pretty good with tools. The only thing that I didn't do myself was carpet install, roofing and HVAC install