And so it goes. More patience with Mom. Being willing to ask for help and share the burden of my heart with those few who know what I am learning: there is nothing to be fixed, managed or controlled here. Turning my mind’s focus in amazement at what she still can do, and not on what is lost.
All the “triggers” I feel when Mom says or does something… it’s time to let them pass through. It’s all gone. No one is there anymore. Then I can accept each present, ever-changing and new moment.
What acceptance looks like changes daily. Today, acceptance is letting go of the agreements and rules I have been given and those I created for myself. They are not only illusions, they are useless and harmful. Look to the evidence: the past Spiritual provisions and interventions and the reality of my continuing in faith and willingness. Recalling all the times that I “didn’t see God coming.” Reminding myself that there is so much more going on that what my eyes see and my ears hear.
Faith & Roses 
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