I saw you and listened to your program on the Steve Harvey show today and thought I’d give it a try. I’m a 49-year-old married female who doesn’t have some of the issues that others may have but still have dreams and my own problems. My dream belongs to my husband! He has always wished to go to Walt Disney World in Florida but our circumstances don’t allow this to happen financially. He is the only one working and bringing home a paycheck. I have been permanently disabled since January of 2014 with multiple surgeries in the last 5 years and more to come. I have a cyst on my spine that is inoperable, osteoporosis and many herniated discs from the neck to the lumbar. My husband has had 3 laminectomies on his lumbar spine but needs to continue to work (as the doctors say his spine is strong). We currently are caring for my 77-year-old father who has moderate dementia and cannot remember beyond 15 minutes or repeats what he told you 15 minutes ago. We lost my mother 7 years ago to dementia and a bed sore that couldn’t be surgically removed due to other health concerns. We also have the 22-year-old and the 2 grandchildren living with us for the last 9 months, and have been supporting them until she saves enough money to get a place of her own. My husband and I just celebrated our 10th anniversary in June and will be together 12 years in August. This trip would be something that he’s talked about wanting to do since we got together and unfortunately cannot afford —- as we would love to take my family with if that’s a possibility—son (26), his wife and 2 children (2 1/2 and boy due August 18th, 2017) — daughter (22) and her 2 children (3 1/2 and 16 months) and daughter (18). This may be our only trip with all the kids together if we can manage for them all to get off work, so it could be a total of 10 of us. My husband has been a wonderful step-father and role model to my children and grandchildren since we got together. He has helped them through ups, downs, good, bad, graduations, births, deaths, and whatever else they needed. He also is a wonderful step-pop pop to the grandchildren and considers them his own “Kids and Grandkids”. He also was a wonderful father to his own 3 kids (31-daugher, 20-son, 19-daughter) until they decided to limit the communication with him maybe 6 years ago. If he’s lucky he hears from his son every 3 months (when he needs to do something to his car), the 19-year-old hasn’t communicated with him at all in 3 – 4 years and the 31-year-old only messages him on Christmas, Easter n Father’s Day, but that’s just a quick Merry Christmas, Happy Easter and Happy Father’s Day. He is devastated by their behavior and immaturity and goes out of his way to initiate communication with them but to no avail!! I would love to make this trip happen so that he can at least have one good vacation to remember and be happy for a week. For all that he does for myself and my kids/grandkids I would love to pay him back in this small way and make this dream come true! Thanks for taking time to read and consider my dream!! Your time was greatly appreciated.
