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Mom's 6 Words Changed My Life
My mother's final words: 'You’re going to get through this.'
In brief
My mother's final words: 'You’re going to get through this.' After her daughter struggled with heroin addiction, the author's 95-year-old mother died but gave her unconditional trust before passing. Originally reported by BuzzFeed.
My mother's warning
My 95-year-old mother told me her granddaughter needed hospital care for depression in Nashville.
“Your granddaughter needs to go to a hospital in Nashville for her depression”
Her reaction
She refused to accept my daughter's heroin addiction and said I was making a mistake.
“You’re making a mistake”
My mother's background
She was raised to believe women should control their children and keep their husbands.
“Keep your figure to keep your husband”
My parenting efforts
I drove my children to every practice, took time off work, and made sure we ate home-cooked meals five nights a week.
“I drove my two children to every practice, performance, game, and match”
Daughter's struggle
My daughter tried alcohol in high school and heroin in college before rehab.
“She tried to ease her pain with alcohol in high school and drugs in college”
Mother's stroke
My mother had a mini stroke after my daughter entered rehab, and I prepared for her death.
“After my daughter had been in rehab for a month, mom had what the doctors called a mini stroke”
The call
A nurse called to say my daughter had a fire accident with third-degree burns on her calf.
“Your daughter’s had an accident. Her blue jeans caught fire and she has a third-degree burn on her calf”
Mother's advice
She said six words that changed my life: 'You’re going to get through this.'
“You’re going to get through this”
My daughter's recovery
My daughter was in rehab for a month before the fire accident and needed skin grafts.
“She’s been to the hospital and is resting here in the clinic now”
The hospital stay
I stayed with my daughter for five days at the Vanderbilt burn unit.
“At the vanderbilt burn unit, i stayed with my daughter for five days”
My daughter's secret
My daughter hid pain pills to get high but admitted she was trying to save up for a high.
“I thought if i saved up three doses then i could get high”
Mother's death
My mother died four days after I returned from the hospital, having suffered a major stroke.
“Four days later, she died”
The lesson
I now give my children trust instead of control, using my mother's words as a mantra.
“You’re going to get through this”
The headline
After her daughter struggled with heroin addiction, the author's 95-year-old mother died but gave her unconditional trust before passing.
