It still amazes me the amount of work it has been to get her qualified for Medicaid. Of course, wanting to move her on the cusp of the approval complicated things. I am amazed as I think back over the process, beginning in July to compile five years' worth of bank statements and cancelled checks by searching through her records, contacting the banks, printing statements and cancelled checks from the bank websites. Pulling together copies of legal documents like Dad's death certificate, her letter about Dad's pension amount she would receive, her Social Security benefits, and health insurance premiums, and on and on. Then to spend five hours photocopying 1,000 pages of documentation which I carried in a Staples crate to meet with the NH DHHS social worker. It's been quite a process.
Soon, Mom will be settled in and we can all take a deep breath and be thankful to God for all of our blessings throughout this process. I recall how Mom loudly prayed as I turned out the light and left her bedroom the last time we had her here for an overnight, "Dear God, here I am at Donna's house again. Oh how I wish I didn't have to go back to that place." It seemed a bit manipulative at the time and I thought how my prayers were contradicting hers when I prayed "Dear God, help my mother accept where she is." So I have to laugh now as I realize how God can take all of our prayers, know our heart's deepest desires, and make it so.
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