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was feeling very depressed and came across this forum tonight and it gives me a sense of peace for some reason.

Depression is my problem. My mom died almost 2 years ago of cancer. She suffered greatly and died in my house. I feel that I did a lot of things wrong, like get hospice for her because she hated it. The nurse who was with her the night before she died couldn’t care less. As a matter of fact, she waited till she went to the bathroom before she died. Only my son and I were there.

I cry every day about my mom, I miss her so much! Everything reminds me of her. Then I was taking care of her cat that she really loved, and the cat passed away right before Thanksgiving. The vet didn’t diagnose her correctly and told us she was hyperthroid and didn’t tell us she was also in kidney failure.

I still have to sell my mom’s house. We tried last year and nobody wanted it. It needs a lot of painting and pulling up rugs to make it look decent, and my husband doesn’t want to be bothered, so there it sits while I have to pay taxes, etc. on it.

I lost my job right before Christmas and can’t find another one. My husband doesn’t make much so we constantly fight about money. I’m just sitting home and eating and gaining more and more weight and I hate it. I do go out sometimes, but not many places to go in the winter around here. If I go to the mall, I spend money that we don’t have. My own house is literally falling apart and nobody cares.

My daughter has some kind of learning disabilty and selective mutism and the school wants to send her to a special school, and we don’t want that. Contant fighting with the Board of Ed. My son has autism and we are going to try to fight to get him into a special program in a Catholic high school. It costs $35,000 a year and there is no way we can afford it. Unless we win a fight with the Board of Ed, he can’t even get a good Catholic education because of his disability. Regular tuition is less than $10,0000 which we might have been able to do. To fight for him to go there will probably cost us more than that with no guarantee that we’ll win, but we’re going to talk to a lawyer.

I fight with my husband all the time, and when we don’t fight, we barely talk. The stress is getting to him too. I sit her all day with nobody to talk to. I only have 1 good friend and it seems she only calls when she needs something. I used to have an online friend that I talked to all day long for over a year, she always needed advice about things and I always tried to help, and then she decided that she doesn’t have time to chat anymore and she’s uninstalling her instant messenger. Didn’t even say it in person, just left a message. Gee thanks.

Can you please say a prayer that this depression be lifted so I can cope with all the other things that are going on? I just need a little break and for some things to go my way, and they haven’t for such a long time. I know people have much, much worse problems, but I can’t stand crying every single day and I feel like I’m going to go crazy soon.

Thank you!

Mary
 
It makes me sad that this is how life has to be. It is so far from what God intended for us. We lose our loved ones, our relationships are marred by sin, and we face new hardships every day. We are all in the same boat. Fortunately Jesus Christ is our hope. He doesn’t take away all of our problems in a day, but when we live for Him and in Him, we can face anything.

Praying for you.
 
From Tuesday’s Liturgy of the Hours:

You are our hope and our strength: we put our trust in you.
Let us never be put to shame.
– Lord, remember your people.

Take pity on our weakness. Hurry to help us,
for without you there is nothing we can do.
– Lord, remember your people.

Remember the poor and forgotten. Let this day not be a burden to them,
but a joy and a consolation.
– Lord, remember your people.

Our Father, who art in Heaven,
hallowed be thy name.
Thy kingdom come,
thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread,
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us,
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
 
I will pray for you, but I think you may need professional counseling as well. This is an issue of your health and based on your post you don’t seem to be coping well. Seriously consider seeing a professional about your depression.
 
Loving God please give guidance, healing, and support, to this traumatised family.
Let Your life and love flow into their lives…
 
Hail Mary,
Full of Grace,
The Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit
of thy womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of death.
Amen.
 
Welcome Snowboots to CAF!

You have been through a lot of pain in such a short time period. I am praying that Jesus will restore your peace and rid you of your depression…

Hail Mary,
full of grace,
the Lord is with thee.
Blessed art thou among women,
and blessed is the fruit of thy womb,
Jesus.
Holy Mary,
Mother of God,
pray for us sinners now,
and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
 
Thank you everyone. And yes, I do want to see a professional, but I’ll have to find a new doctor first. He’s not very understanding. When my husband was going through some stress after a car accident and his mom passing away and asked the doctor for help, he told him to “learn to deal with it”, so needless to say I don’t want to go to him.

I feel a little better today and I’m sure it’s from all your prayers. God bless!
 
You will be in my prayers tonight…I am deeply, truly sorry for all the pain you have and are going through.

God Bless

Our Father, who art in Heaven,
Hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done
on Earth as it is in Heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen.
 
It sounds like God has given you heavy crosses. I will pray to Him to make them lighter and easier to bear, and to help you both to accept His counseling and to find a human counselor that He can work through. Humor is a very hard thing to have in a situation like yours, but I will pray that you have moments of lightness of heart, knowing that you are pleasing Him by offering all your troubles to Him. None of them go to waste if you do that.

Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee. Blessed art thou among women and blessed is the Fruit of thy womb, Jesus.

Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us sinners now and at the hour of our death. Amen.
 
Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee, blessed art thou amongst women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb Jesus

Holy Mary, mother of God, pray for us sinners, now and at the hour of death, amen
 
Lord please guide this couple to all the practical help available and possible.
And please help them to grow in peace, and to feel more in quiet control of their situation.
Please help with regard to the children. It’s challenging for both parents and autistic children.
Please help them all to the best solutions and outcomes. I humbly ask You Jesus whom I trust.
 
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