After my son encouraged me to live in a nursing facility, I wrote him letters every day, telling him how much I missed him. He never responded to any of them until one day, when a stranger explained why and arrived to take me home. When I aged 81, I was diagnosed with osteoporosis, which made it impossible for me to move around without help. My health also made it difficult for my son Tyler and his wife Macy to care for me, so they chose to admit me to a nursing home.
Tyler told me, “We can’t be caring for you all day, mom.” “We’ve got work to do. “We are not caregivers.”I was perplexed as to why he now felt that way about me, given that I had always attempted to remain out of their way so as not to interrupt their daily routines. I would stay in my room and use my walker to help me walk to other parts of the house. “I will remain out of your way, I promise.
Please don’t put me to a nursing home. “Your father built this house for me, and I’d love to live here for the rest of my life,” I begged. Tyler dismissed me, claiming that the house my late husband James had built was “too big for me.””Come on, Mom,” he urged. “Leave the house to Macy and myself! Look at all of this space; we can have a gym and different offices. There’s plenty of space to renovate.”
At this point, I realized that his desire to send me to a nursing home was not to provide me with competent care, but rather to take over my home. I was extremely saddened, struggling to stop myself from crying as I realized that somehow,
Tyler had turned into a selfish man.”Where did I go wrong?” I asked myself when I entered my room that night. I believed I’d raised a well-mannered man, but it appears I was mistaken. I never anticipated to be betrayed by my son. Tyler and Macy transported me to a local nursing facility, where they promised I’d receive round-the-clock care from the nurses. Tyler reassured me, “Don’t worry, mom; we’ll pay you visits as often as possible.” Hearing this, I understood that relocating to a nursing home might not be so horrible because they’d already come to see me. Tyler was lying to get me off his back, I had no idea.