Prayers

So, a lot of things have been happening to people around me as well as myself.

Grandma: My grandmother is a really genuinely sweet person. She always sees the best in people even when they hurt her or betray her. She was diagnosed with early alzheimer's about a year ago. I really can't believe how quickly this disease progresses, even with medication being administered to slow the progression. My poor grandmother's short term memory is really decreasing rapidly. She can't remember what happened 5 minutes ago. Thank goodness she can still remember people around her. I am so scared to face the time when she doesn't recognize anyone in the family.
My favorite memory with my grandma has to be when she used to babysit me when I was ages 7-9. I loved staying at her house. I always had my aunt (who was more like a sister growing up) to play with and we always dressed up in my grandmas nightgowns. I would always sit and watch her put on her makeup. Which always, always, always included pink lipstick. I miss those days when my family was a unit and we made sense. Now we have broken apart and divided. I prayer that God can help slow the alzheimer's and bring my family together somehow.

Friends: A girl I new in high school is going through a divorce. She has a little boy a few months younger than Gabe. She is also trying to finish her BSN so she can be a nurse. She seems to have the weight of the world on her shoulders and she's trying to have a better life for her son and herself. I pray that God can give her the strength she needs to make it through this and the courage she needs to try.

Job: So, yesterday my manager announced that the hospital is asking that we make cuts of considerable amounts out of our 2009 and 2010 budget. This is going to be hard since we generate a huge profit since we provide a free service to the community. We run a lot of grants and funds from member hospitals to use our services. But we DO NOT have volunteers, we ARE NOT ran the government. Many people do not know this. I pray that God will show us the path so that we can continue to stay open and provide services to the people in the community that need us.