My father, James Justice, was recently diagnosed with inoperable kidney cancer that has metastasized. This was devastating news for all of our family. He has always worked very hard to provide for his family, but then suddenly that changed and now he is home on hospice. All of this has affected everything for my father and mother on so many levels, but particularly, finances.
Everyone tries to prepare for the future, but sometimes things occur that leave you trying to make ends meet. Due to things beyond my mom and dad’s control, they unfortunately lost their life insurance policy. Anyone who has lived for many years in the Mingo/Pike area of WV/KY knows how you can have a job today and then that job can vanish, leaving you struggling to meet the demands of a household. Even during those times, our family has tried to help others who were in need because we knew what it was like to need help and not have anywhere to turn.
Asking for help is not something that is easy for my mother and father to do. They would much rather give than receive. They would rather take care of everything on their own, even if they know that it might not work. In fact, it took a lot to convince them to let us do this for them.
We do believe that God is able to raise him up healthy and whole, but we also know the devastation that is raging in his body. When you plant a crop, you plant with the faith that all will go well. The rain will come, the ground will produce, the garden will grow. You also know that even when you do all you can, sometimes things happen you don’t want or expect. The drought, the hailstorm, whatever the case may be, comes and you are left trying to pick up the pieces, and that is what we are trying to do at this point.
Ongoing and future expenses don’t stop just because you don’t have the finances to cover them. Somehow you have to find a way to meet them no matter what. We know they don’t have the means to cover funeral costs and bills that will continue to come to them. My mother has tried to save for all this, but when you live on a fixed income, it is not always the easiest thing to do, and we are far from having enough to help cover funeral and living costs for my mother that will continue to come when it is my father’s time to go.
So, having said all that, I am coming to you to ask if you would help us help them in this extremely difficult time. Anything you can give will be greatly appreciated. Also, any prayers would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you ahead of time.
