hello, i am looking here to find some help because i am in too deep and i cant back out. a few years back my father began to deteriorate physicaly, at 63 now, he is a vietnam era vetran who is now a doubble amputee, and due to a deteriorating joint disease he also has torn rotator cufs and a neck problem which have rendered his arms almost usless, and his hands are like clubs. this was bad enough, my parents asked me and my siblings for help, and i guess no one else figured it was important because i am here alone, which is sad considering i have five sisters. regardless, it was my mom and i who were trying to help my dad still have something of a life, when in may it caught up with my mom and she had a stroke. she has since partially recovered, but she will never be the same, youd think this would be a wake up call, but still, no help from anyone else in our family. i love my parents and i try to help them all i can, but its 16 plus hours a day, every day, and being on call 24/7. it can really wear you down, believe me.
before this all happened i was rather carefree, a batchlor with interests some would classify as an inventor. i never made flying toasters or anything stupid, just things i needed or wanted but couldnt find or afford. now i have turned those talents to trying to make things to make my dads life better, more accessable. unfortunately, we have very little money, and my old habits of finding scraps and recycling dont work for me now because i dont have time to find parts or interact with those who could supply them to me.thats what id like to find here, someone who might be able to supply me with some junk so i can build a better life for my folks, and if im really lucky, someone who would care to help us in exchange for a little thing we do have in good supply.hope. and happiness, its not much, but its about all we have left at this point, we live in a beautiful place, we get along together very well, we have loving animals, and we seem to be short most on time!its a challenge to take care of yourself day to day, making sure everythings in order, but to have two other people who really cant get up and get a drink, or something to eat, or go to the bathroom, or eat food when they have it without a signifigant help from someone else, who need medicine, more than once, and have to eat and want to do something besides sit in bed all day, then theres the routene chores, and the extra chores we have to prepare for winter, to fix our cars and make them safe, to take care of our animals and try to have some symbolance of the holidays, my point is it dosent leave me with much time, and the little that i have i am using to find and make an appeal here, perhaps there is someone who has some time to share and a desire to help. i sure could use a break...
