Homestead Dreams

But sometimes I think it might be better if my father-in-law died.  You see, he suffers from Alzheimer’s, and it is tearing my husband apart.  Used to, my husband could call his dad and they would talk for hours.  Now, if my husband calls, his dad just sits there holding the phone and says very little if anything.  This man used to so active and into the outdoors and now sits in a chair all day or he is in bed. Sometimes, we think part of it is caused by my mother-in-law and one sister-in-law making all the decisions for him without asking what he thinks, all while he is sitting their listening to what they are saying.  The other sister-in-law and my husband will include him when they are there but as my husband and I and the second sister and her husband live a ways away from them it is hard to do at times. The first sister and her family lives with them. In all honesty, my husband and the second sister think that he has just give up on life.  And we don't know how to combat it.  So, if you would, please pray for my father-in-law and the situation he is in.  He is the only father figure I have left, since my father was killed in an accident 5 years ago.  And yes, I know the Father of us all is with me at all times.