Monday, July 20, 2009

Happiness is A Choice

"Happiness is a choice, and you are the one who's responsible for it." -- Kara Marantha Messinger

My mom isn't a very happy person. She hasn't been for quite some time. She has health issues that have contributed to her unhappiness. We're hoping that by their being closer to us now that we can help with her health issues. But sadly, unless she wants to get better and be happy, nothing we do will help. It's very frustrating to watch someone you love not make sound decisions and lead the life that you know they should. It's even more frustrating since as children, we must tread that fine line between being the child vs taking over as the parent.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

We are going through the same thing with Dan's dad right now and it isn't easy... for anyone.

Jenny Skibo said...

Lots of experience with this. Stay strong and hopefully you'll crack that hard shell and see the love and happiness return. You're absolutely right about choosing to be happy. God Bless you!