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We then had to go to Medical Records and pick up her AFLAC forms. She has a cancer policy with AFLAC this particular policy did pay her a considerable amount the first time she was diagnosed with Breast Cancer. Since the cancer has metastasized it wont be as much, but still a pretty good amount.
After that, we went to the grocery store and then the credit union. This is where things got a little complicated. I had been keeping a running total of what we had been spending on the bathroom renovation, the new bed, and the groceries I had been buying for the last 8 weeks. I told mom that total. I think she was shocked. I don't know why.... the totals were kept in a notebook on the counter in her kitchen. Then we talked about compensation for me. If you recall, I had just started a new teaching job after being on unemployment for 3 months. 9 days into the job, I get a call from the ER nurse that my mom is being admitted because she has had a stroke.
Mom gets on the phone and wants me to go to her house and check on my 90 year old dad.. and there I stayed for 9 weeks. I have no income during this time, only my husband's. We are a two income family. And after 9 weeks of living with my parents and taking care of them .... well, mom has recovered enough to resume her normal life. I thank God daily that he has answered all the prayers that were being said for my mom.
Getting back to the money. Mom and I went back and forth and discussed the amount that seemed fair to both of us. We decided on an amount, but when she was done with her transactions at the teller window, she handed me a cashier check that was more than the amount agreed upon. What a relief and a blessing as well.
Tomorrow is the first day...... my nerves are jumping and my stomach is turning. "I can do it!"
14 comments:
You can do it! Good luck :)
How kind of your mom.
All the best on your first day! Lots of excitement!
Good luck tomorrow I will be thinking of you. I know how you feel I was so nervous when I started the new job two weeks ago but I love it.
How wonderful of your mom!!!!!!!
Have a great day
Judy
Well thank goodness your Mom is fair. I am so happy she is doing better. Love my Mom to death but she would never have reimbursed me. Hope going back to work is a smooth transition, like you weren't working when you were caring for the sick! :)
Glad you and your Mom were able to work it all out and that she is doing better. Taking care of a parent is such a hard thing to do, your Mom and Dad are blessed to have you!!!! Good luck with the new job.
Best of luck with your job. And you are truly lucky and blessed that such a transaction worked between your mother and you, and that she was more than fair. Don't get too nervous. I am sure tomorrow will be a really good day.
My mom. Compensates me when I go out to help. Her first reaction to the money log is a quick breath in- and then a check that covers the amount with a sweet thank you. I've taken two years off to help my mom. Next year I am heading back to teach full time (if I can land a job). I am ready to work again and she is ready to be on her own:) hurray!
By now you will have completed your first day on the job and you will be wondering what all the nerves were about because it was a piece of cake!! Proud of you Lisa - you and your parents have weathered a potentially HUGE storm with grace and dignity intact:)
I'm always amazed that you've been dealing with your mom so well. I know it is quite difficult, and just living with your parents for some amount of time probably feels like a job. You were great to do that. Best of luck, hope the first day went well!
I think she was shocked. I don't know why.... the totals were kept in a notebook on the counter in her kitchen. Then we talked about compensation for me. If you recall, I had just started a new teaching job after being on unemployment for 3 months. structured settlement cash
Good luck with work! I'm sure you'll do just fine.
It's a rough period for you and I hope things will improve soon. Hope the day went ok.
Thanks Joe. It actually went okay :)
Thanks YFS!
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