I stayed with mom in Kansas City, KS until September 18, 2023. I got a job working as an office administrator for a company that helped wealthy people manage their housing. Boring, but the pay was good. On September 18, mom sold her house (of over 30 years!) and moved into Vintage Park retirement home in Hiawatha. She had the biggest room in the place--basically a studio apartment--but she never took to living in such a public situation. In November, she told me that God had told her she needed to buy a house. She looked at exactly one house, bought it, got it fixed up and moved in the last day of the year.
Just as I had in Kansas City and when she lived in Vintage Park, I visited her every day. Usually I spent the morning and early afternoon with her--getting her breakfast and lunch, cleaning, doing laundry, etc. In February, she contracted pneumonia and was hospitalized for three days. They sent her home on 2 liters of oxygen and at that point, I had to move in with her. She needed help with everything and wasn't able to be by herself.
We stuck it out until June, when I told her I was exhausted from trying to take care of her all by myself. I also missed my family, my garden and my cat. She agreed that she would go back to Vintage Park, but by then, she needed more help that they could provide. We found her a private room at Anew Health Care nursing home. Anew also has an assisted living wing, so if she is able to improve enough she can move to that section. She moved in June 17.
