Chip for Mon Nov.14 Honest / Dishonest

[lildee]

Honest / Dishonest

I picked this chip today because of something that is going on with my next door neighbor. She is an elderly woman in her mid 80's (maybe more) and is by herself. Recently she fell and had to go to the hospital and rehab and so on.

Her son and his wife came in from out of state and took her back with them to PA. Thinking that she was going to stay with them. But this was not the case. She called me up last week and said they were putting her in basically what is a nursing home. The pain in her voice was awful. She wanted to come back home to her things and her way of life.

I think she is a mature enough and sane enough woman to accept the that that she can't stay alone anymore. Wouldn't telling the truth have been better ? I know for me the truth may sometimes be painful but God will get me thru it, if it is His will. I don't know there was just something very sneaky about this whole thing and it doesn't seem right. There are other options that could be considered for her like a live in aide or a companion. (From what I know of her money doesn't seem to be an issue.)

I know when my grandma was older and sickly that was her biggest request... not to be put in a nursing home. And we honored it. Though it was difficult at times it just seemed like the right thing to do.

Are you honest with those you love on the really tough things that we all have to deal with?

Thanks for your responses.

[caressa]

Honesty is a good chip for me today as well my friend. I just spent five hours with a friend in emergency who complained about the service she got and I told her she was fortunate, they put her into a bed almost immediately, they gave her an IV right away and the doctor saw her and spoke to her. He left and another doctor was to come to see her, but when he got there she didn't want him to examine her. She is booked for surgery next Monday and has a lot of infection that need to be cleaned up by some heavy duty antibiotics.

I know how she felt, when you are caught up in your own pain, you often don't see anything or anyone else. I did reminder her to have an attitude of gratitude. What amazes me is her denial and allowing things to go as far as they are without taking action.

[Lin]

Great chip! Honesty is always the best policy. We have a phrase in our step..."except when it woudl injure them or others.". If they had TOLD her she was not able to stay alone would she ahve gone? Probably not. I am sure they thought it all over long and hard.

Today we had severe storms. My classroom is in a trailer our behind the school. All 4 mobile unit classrooms had to move to others rooms within the building at 10:30. it was not very convenient. But by 12:30 they had sent everybody home...preparing for the storm. I got homne at 1 instead of 3. The afternoon has been full of storms. One touched down less than an hour from here and destroyed several neighborhoods. Funnel clouds passed over my neighborhood and we watched them on the TV doppler. They jsut did not touch down. I am honestly grateful that we were spared again.

Thanks for the chip!
LIN

[dg]

Yes! Great chip!!
Mine is a few days late on sharing this chip.. but I have to tell.
My husband and I were shopping at a grocery store, and he was putting the groceries in the back of our car, and then he came to me, with a wallet in his hands.
He said that he found this wallet in another shopping cart when he returned the ones we were using, and said to me, we have got to find this guy. I told him to take it to the store and hopefully the person will come and claim it. He said no, we have got to give this wallet to the guy in person, its the right thing to do. So after a while we went to the persons house.he gave the wallet back to the person, and the guy was thrilled to have it back, he told my husband that he was so grateful that there are a few HONEST folks out there. He thanked the Lord for this. My husband was thrilled to know that he did do the right thing, and the guy was right, there aren't too many honest people out there anymore with the way our society has changed over the years.
Thanks for bringing this chip up, it was just perfect timing on my share.