{"id":1091,"date":"2020-06-26T17:27:38","date_gmt":"2020-06-26T21:27:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/index.php\/2020\/06\/26\/dont-take-momma-or-daddy-for-granted-6-26-2020\/"},"modified":"2020-06-26T17:27:38","modified_gmt":"2020-06-26T21:27:38","slug":"dont-take-momma-or-daddy-for-granted-6-26-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspirationallaroundme.org\/index.php\/2020\/06\/26\/dont-take-momma-or-daddy-for-granted-6-26-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"Don\u2019t take momma or daddy for granted. 6.26.2020"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bridge going into Mt. Pleasant, SC <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhere am I to get meat to give to all these people? For they weep all over me, saying, \u2018Give us meat, that we may eat.\u2019 \u201cI am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me. If You treat me like this, please kill me here and now- if I have found favor in Your sight- and do not let me see my wretchedness!\u201d
Numbers 11:13-15 (NKJV)<\/pre>\n\n\n\n
This morning I was created by a Patient Care Technician by the name of Keshia. When Keshia walked through the door she said, \u201cGood morning so you are the famous daughter I have heard so much about.\u201d Quickly I replied, \u201cfamous daughter, no my name is Whitnee\u2019, I\u2019m her daughter (pointing at my mom). She then goes on to say. \u201cI know who you are, I\u2019ve heard all about you.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
We continued to talk and I clarified a few things for her. I told her I wasn\u2019t sure what was being said about me but I\u2019m here for my mom not for recognition and do what I do, when I do it because God placed it on my heart. I went on to say the same spill I tell everyone which is, I\u2019ll handle things if you just don\u2019t mind getting me a few supplies my mom and I need. She asked if I wanted to clock in now because it is said I\u2019m doing all of the nurses jobs. I chuckled and replied, \u201cno ma\u2019am, I just know I won\u2019t have a Keshia at home so I have to learn to do it myself.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Obviously I put my foot in my mouth because shortly after Monty, our daytime nurse came and said we were getting the boot. We had been moved from the critical patient area to the \u201cone step from getting the boot\u201d area. I told her I wasn\u2019t comfortable stepping down and she asked me to tell her what it is that she is doing or anyone else rather. I told her plenty she gets the socks, sheets, meds, etc. for me to wash my mom, change the sheets, and give her, her meds in her tube. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
She looked at me and rolled her eyes and said, \u201cexactly that\u2019s why you are moving because you don\u2019t need us.\u201d I told her I wouldn\u2019t be \u201cbad\u201d anymore and I wouldn\u2019t \u201chelp anymore\u201d, I just wanted to make myself useful because I was just sitting here and it wasn\u2019t fair to them. Keshia, Monty, and Tamara the housekeeper \u201cganged up on me\u201d and said that\u2019s what they get paid to do. I guess after realizing I had taken the mop from Tamara the housekeeper and moped the floor and picked up my own trash I now knew why there were moving us. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
I guess it was just how I was raised. Hospital or not I don\u2019t have \u201cno maid\u201d and I\u2019m able body so why not do what needs to be done because there are others who unfortunately aren\u2019t able to do for themselves or have someone there to help them. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
While Monty meant one thing, Keshia meant another. She called me the \u201cfamous daughter\u201d because I\u2019ve been at the hospital since my moms surgery and hadn\u2019t left. I then got very sad but played it off so they wouldn\u2019t see the grief on my face. I was grieving because it was an honor for me to be allowed the privilege to serve, love on, and help my mom in this way. She made the sacrifice to try motherhood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My mom gave me life so what is 30 days in the hospital? She birthed me, sheltered me, raised me, taught me, loved me, and cared for me so don\u2019t I owe this to her? Don\u2019t I deserve making the sacrifice to leave my kids and husband to by her side. Unfortunately daddy is not here to be beside his beloved bride, Regis my brother has underlying health conditions, her siblings are considered high risk  due to the coronavirus due to their age, so what else was I supposed to do. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
They couldn\u2019t understand why I didn\u2019t want recognition, they couldn\u2019t understand why I was sad, they couldn\u2019t understand me; but then again they don\u2019t know my story!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
To be in the hospital for 30 days and for some folks to not have one visitor is sad. Months ago people couldn\u2019t come visit but now that people can have one, why aren\u2019t they coming? This is a question I can\u2019t answer but I know the blessed souls lying in the rooms all alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I don\u2019t take for granted one moment that my mom raised me to be the young woman I am today. I don\u2019t take for granted one moment that she didn\u2019t give up on me even when I was a stupid, naive, blind little girl who didn\u2019t know her moms worth. I don\u2019t take for granted one moment how God provided a way out of what I thought was no way for me to be here with her and to have the connection I have with Rico and the boys just for them to understand why mommy isn\u2019t home. I\u2019m blessed and grateful and there is no place I would rather be.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Someone buried their mom yesterday, a classmate will bury his mom tomorrow, we buried my dad in 2007. So why again wouldn\u2019t I be honored to be here with her? God saved my mom for a reason and I have to see that she is healthy to live out His purpose for her life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I chose Numbers 11 because the people complained and it made God angry. He was angry because they were not grateful for the manna, they sought meat and melons, leeks, cucumbers, garlic, and onions. They were satisfied for God\u2019s blessings- they wanted more. In verse 5 we see the people focused on what they didn\u2019t have verses being thankful of what they did have. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Did they not stop to think God had just delivered them out of the hand of slavery and bondage so be thankful? No it wasn\u2019t enough. \u201cGod was supposed to bless them.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Isn\u2019t that us at times? We forget the love and sacrifice of our parents and we take them for granted. I mean if the Israelites took the Lord for granted, it is very possible for us to take our parents for granted. Until they are gone. Then we sing a different tune. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
No, not Whitnee\u2019, I don\u2019t have to loose my mom to know her worth! God blessed me with a good momma so just like Jamika I plan to give my mom her flowers while she is amongst the living.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
I want to close with verse 14 in mind. It reads, \u201cI am not able to bear all these people alone, because the burden is too heavy for me.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Don\u2019t let taking care of a sick parent be a burden to you. When we were babies and couldn\u2019t fend for ourselves, did our parents treat us as if we were a burden? Did they grumble at taking us to the bathroom and wiping our butts? Did they frown every time you got hungry? Did they deny us a bath when they knew we needed it? Did they not tuck us in and kiss us goodnight? <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Morale of the story is let\u2019s make doing for our parents, our loved ones, our family, our community- a joy and not a chore. Let us not also seek recognition for doing what is right. All glory and honor belong to God! <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If the Lord is permits please leave a comment below. If you have nothing to say, simply post AMEN before you leave this page. Scroll until you see the box for you to post your comment. God bless you, have a great weekend! <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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