I just can't

Alicia

I feel like I've been through the ringer these past few weeks. Medically, I'm doing well, which is almost surprising. (Heart condition, history of preterm labor etc) I'm 35 weeks today and still don't have contractions, yay!

However, around labor day my mom fell and broke her back. So its been crazy for my family as we try to scramble to take care of all the affairs (finishing work on the house, settling my grandfather in a nursing home, etc)

Our church community has been wonderful to me and my husband, and my mom and dad...but my sister seems to be "ignored" or "falsely promised" help (Her perspective).

My mom's release date changed from Friday Oct. 28th to Monday Oct. 23rd. Not a big deal to me, but my sister called me in a panic. We need to clean, move furniture etc before Monday. She suggested that I call some of the women from our church to help out. So, I do, and the one woman I'm pretty close to suggested that we don't do too much before my dad comes home Thursday to dictate what he wants done, but possibly move things so to open up the rooms and doors to make it easier for a wheelchair.

So I start to tell my sister this, I didn't get past "open doorways" before she snaps at me that she's "so glad everyone has an opinion on what I needs to do" the proceeded to yell at me that if one more person from church stops to tell her that its the power of God/prayer that everything seems to be going perfectly, she's going to become an atheist.

I should mention that all 4 children are standing there (my two 7 & 2, and her two 3 & 1.5)

First, she asks people for help and advice, then freaks out at me because people are "telling her what to do". I had to leave, she could do all the work herself then. I'm tired of all the awful things she has to say about the people who are doing everything in their power to help.

And she's in therapy since the accident, since she is working through the tragedy of "almost loosing my mother" because there isn't 3 of us. And she told someone else that she almost lost both parents...way to exaggerate to make you a suffering victim. (Dad fell from the ladder to porch roof, mom fell from the porch roof...bad situation, but no one was fatally injured, but we didn't know if mom was paralyzed or not.)

Sorry to be so long winded. I joked with the nurse who did my routine NST last night that if the drama continues, I'm faking labor and hidding in the hospital until I have my baby.