By Sharla Weber Mosqueda This too shall pass. This phrase is said in times of turmoil, trusting whatever horrible thing happening is temporary and that better times are surely coming. I have said this phrase too many times to count, when I was suffering a broken heart, enduring financial hardship — not knowing how I was going to keep the electricity on, let alone pay the rent — being stranded on the side of the road with a broken-down car, fighting a health scare and most recently .
.. Well, you get the idea.
“This too shall pass.” We had a new resident move into the assisted living community where I work. After suffering a stroke, hospitalization and weeks of rehab, it was determined she could no longer live independently.
So, with much trepidation, this 94-year-old packed her favorite belongings and moved into assisted living. Then we learned of all she had lost — her husband of 73 years had passed the previous year, her only child had passed in his 50s from prostate cancer and her King Charles Cavalier — her constant companion — passed in her arms before her stroke, which left her right side weakened and impaired her abilities to independently care for herself as she had before. Her eyesight had dimmed, which meant she could no longer drive, and her license was revoked.
She had moved from her large, beautiful home in which she had lived for 53 years. She was grateful to now have help and was comforted knowing if something happened to her, we would be there, bu.