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Help daughter recent hospice caregiver for both parents
"I'm working hard to get back on my feet after spending years caring for my parents, who have both passed away, and I'm struggling financially with basic living expenses."
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Brandi Lockhart
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The story
I recently was a caregiver for both my parents under hospice, each at different times , during a two year span.
I quit my job and gave up my home to be a full-time hospice caregiver for my daddy first , who was diagnosed with terminal brain cancer at 81. I continued living with my mom and a little after a year she had a massive stroke and became paralyzed and non verbal. I took care of her for a little over 4 months under hospice as well until she passed away at the age of 80. I was left with no money, no job and had to get out of the home they had been renting for the previous 6 years.
What the money covers:
- It will help me be able to get back on my feet, I am currently working and have been able to move into my own home. I just need a little help to get leveled out.
Needed by: Preferably as soon as possible.
Already tried: I used my savings during the time I was a caregiver.
Already helping: I do not really have anyone. I am also widowed.
What changes: I will be working.
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Sharing a prayer that the Lord provides for your basic needs and steadies you as you work. Widowhood and loss make this road heavier, and you are seen.
Giving up your job and your home to care for both parents at the end of their lives is love in its hardest form. Hoping the level ground comes quickly now that you are working again.
Going back to work after all that caregiving, mostly without anyone in your corner, shows a quiet strength. Hoping the next few months level out and that support finds you.
There is a verse about those who mourn being comforted, and I am holding it for you. Caring for both parents to the end was a costly kind of love, and I hope the practical weight lifts soon.
Hospice care for both parents in two years, then losing your home and savings, is a grief and a cost that most people never see. Praying work stays steady and that you find people who will stand with you now.