http://planetthrive.com/2009/11/when-illness-strikes-men-leave-more-often/ healing ourselves and the earth Fri, 25 May 2012 20:31:10 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= http://planetthrive.com/2009/11/when-illness-strikes-men-leave-more-often/comment-page-1/#comment-23271 KK Sun, 07 Aug 2011 13:38:36 +0000 http://planetthrive.com/?p=6285#comment-23271 Yes, its true. Even before her symptoms got very bad, my father asked for my mom to give him a divorce. I was very angry and at that teenish age, didnt deal with it well. I ended up staying out too late without a ride home, and he was so angry having to pick me up that he started to hit me. I told him that I knew what he was going to do to my mom, and he was a horrible person for being so weak, and I would be out of his life forever if he did it. He changed his mind. He ended up caring for her until she died last year. Every so often I had to remind him that if it was him who was that ill, she would never have left him without help. I know hes glad he did the right thing, even though it took a beating for me to say it I am glad I did. Caring for an ill person facilitates personal and spiritual growth...you can dodge it, but dodging gods challenges mean you will have to repeat them later. Yes, its true. Even before her symptoms got very bad, my father asked for my mom to give him a divorce. I was very angry and at that teenish age, didnt deal with it well. I ended up staying out too late without a ride home, and he was so angry having to pick me up that he started to hit me. I told him that I knew what he was going to do to my mom, and he was a horrible person for being so weak, and I would be out of his life forever if he did it. He changed his mind. He ended up caring for her until she died last year. Every so often I had to remind him that if it was him who was that ill, she would never have left him without help. I know hes glad he did the right thing, even though it took a beating for me to say it I am glad I did. Caring for an ill person facilitates personal and spiritual growth…you can dodge it, but dodging gods challenges mean you will have to repeat them later.

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