Turning the tables

Why is it just when things are swimming along swimmingly in life BAM it happens .. your world gets turned upside down.

In my life this year someone keeps throwing dams up in front of me while forcing me to swim upstream so that statement does not apply to me right now. My Bam started last August and keeps on going.

... But a good friend of mine is experiencing that this week.
Her Mother went from a perfectly healthy 55 yr old woman one day to being on a ventilator the next.

This makes me take stock of the issues I have had to deal with this year and to put them in perspective. None of them have put me at a hospital bedside praying for a recovery.

My heart truly breaks for my friend.
I can relate to the anxiety of watching your parent lie helpless while you too feel helpless in your need to want to make them better.

When you see your parent gravely ill you realize that on the turn of a dime the tables have turned. You are now the protector, provider and the one that calls the shots in their care.
And just like your parents did for you .. you pray that you are making all the right choices.

My friend is dealing with those serious issues as I type. While I wish I could give her some awesome words of wisdom to make this all better I know that I can't.
I also know my friend will take control of the situation as much as she can and make all the right choices for her Mom.
She is a woman of wisdom beyond her years. She is the "yungin" I have turned too many times for guidance myself.
She is a giver ... a "doer" ... strong willed and compassionate. With those qualities her Mom couldn't be in better hands.

Even with that said .. I pray that the tables will turn back the other way soon so she can go back to swimming along swimmingly again.