80-year-old wheelchair user Michelle always worried that her sons, Simon and Kevin, would send her to a nursing home one day, but her children promised they wouldn’t. “We would never do this to you, mom,” they assured.
Sadly, such promises turned to dust just two days before the naïve old mother’s 81st birthday when Simon and Kevin handed her some documents concerning a nursing home, and the world suddenly shifted under her feet…
“But Simon, why should I move there?” the shocked old mother asked her eldest son. “Kevin, are you in this too? Both of you promised you would never do this to me!”
“Oh, my dear…Is this even happening? Are these the keys to my house? Please tell me I’m not dreaming,” bawled Michelle as she read the note.
But her sons were not ready to listen to her. She begged them to let her stay, despite the house being her late husband’s, and he had left it to her. But Simon and Kevin were blinded by their material desires and ignored their mother’s pleas and tears.
“Listen, mom,” Simon grinned. “We know this is your house, but you can’t stay alone here. You know it’s difficult for us to visit you every week. We’ve already made arrangements with the nursing home, and you will be cared for better there. We’ll visit you once a month, ok?”
