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My husband, Kevin, and I found a lovely apartment for her in an <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/caregiving\/resource-center\/4-tips-for-caring-for-a-loved-one-in-assisted-living\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">assisted living facility<\/a>. I was happy to help take care of my mother. Until she arrived. The day after Mom moved into her apartment, she called me to complain about the food at the facility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat broccoli at lunch was overcooked. And the pizza crust was like rubber. I couldn\u2019t even eat it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCan you talk to the management?\u201d I said. But I already knew the answer, more or less.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, their weekly council meetings, when residents can give their suggestions, are too early in the morning. Besides, I don\u2019t want to complain.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMom, you\u2019re <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/family\/instead-of-complaining\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complaining<\/a> to me. Wouldn\u2019t it make more sense to tell someone who might be able to fix the problem?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m not <em>complaining <\/em>to you. Just sharing how I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>We hung up. I closed my eyes and massaged my temples. This was only her second day here. <em>She\u2019ll adjust, <\/em>I told myself. But week after week, Mom found more to gripe about. I tried empathy: \u201cI\u2019m sorry, Mom. That must feel so frustrating.\u201d Still, she continued to vent.<\/p>\n<p>Kevin and I took Mom to a nice restaurant for <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/bible-resources\/7-bible-verses-for-mothers-day\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mother\u2019s Day<\/a>. On the way back to her place, I asked Mom if she enjoyed the meal. I should have known better. \u201cIt was fine, I guess. But they had the air conditioner turned up too high\u2014I about froze.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you say something, Mom? We would\u2019ve asked them to turn it down.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t want people to think I\u2019m a complainer.\u201d I shook my head and glanced at Kevin.<\/p>\n<p>When we got home, Kevin said, \u201cI\u2019m sorry. I know it\u2019s hard to listen to your mom whine day after day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Not just hard. Discouraging. Depressing. \u201cI don\u2019t know why it upsets me so much. I grew up hearing Mom grumble.\u201d Actually, a lot of my family members seemed to look on the dark side of life. Good thing I hadn\u2019t inherited this tendency. I might speak up if the waitstaff in restaurants weren\u2019t attentive or if people didn\u2019t have good manners, but nothing like Mom.<\/p>\n<p>At a monthly <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/my-kind-of-prayer-meeting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">prayer meeting<\/a> with my friends Beth and Dee, I spent 20 minutes sharing how Mom\u2019s attitude irritated me. I asked for prayer that Mom would adjust to her new life, so I didn\u2019t have to hear her complain all the time. Beth said, \u201cWhy do you think your mom\u2019s gripes annoy you?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBecause she seems ungrateful. After everything Kevin and I do for her, all we hear is what she doesn\u2019t like.\u201d As the words spilled from my lips, an uneasy feeling settled in the pit of my stomach.<\/p>\n<p>The minute I arrived home, I found Kevin. I didn\u2019t even take off my coat but stood in the doorway of his den. \u201cDo you think I complain a lot, babe?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kev hesitated a few seconds before saying, \u201cNo, of course not.\u201d But he stared out the window while he spoke. I realized that the family trait of whining had taken root in me. Kevin had never mentioned it. But it wasn\u2019t like him to shine a light on my faults.<\/p>\n<p>I decided to <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/health-and-wellness\/better-living\/positive-thinking\/think-positive-with-the-no-complaining-rule\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">keep a better watch on my tongue<\/a>. Things went fine for a few weeks. I rejoiced in my growth. But every time the phone rang and Mom\u2019s voice was on the other end, the muscles in my neck and shoulders would tense. I felt a wall of defensiveness spring up. As if Mom were personally attacking me for the cold weather, her neighbors\u2019 standoffishness, the fact that people at church didn\u2019t speak loud enough for her to hear.<\/p>\n<p>After each conversation, I\u2019d stomp into Kev\u2019s den. \u201cHow can Mom focus on the one or two things she doesn\u2019t like about every situation? And why am I the only one she feels free to unload on?\u201d The more I bit my tongue in Mom\u2019s presence, the louder my complaining to Kevin grew. The same old <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/daily-devotions\/loved-ones-devotions\/when-you-feel-like-complaining\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">complaints<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>One night, I prayed, \u201cYou have to help me, Lord. My best efforts aren\u2019t working.\u201d It hurt my pride to admit I\u2019d developed the same habit of whining that annoyed me so much in Mom, but I couldn\u2019t deny it any longer. I felt powerless to change by myself.<\/p>\n<p>A few days later, I received a package from my friend Torry. A bright orange journal with one word embossed in gold on its cover: <em>Blessings.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>On the first page, Torry had written, \u201cJeanette, I use a journal like this <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/how-to-make-gratitude-a-lifestyle\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">every day to write things I\u2019m thankful for<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The next morning, I snuggled into the love seat with our calico cat curled on my lap. I opened the journal and wrote the date, then three things I was grateful for. <em>Number one, friends who encourage me. Two, my caring husband. And three, God\u2019s provision. <\/em>Contentment filled my heart. Maybe this was it. Not just the missing piece to help me overcome the whining but a joyous replacement. Gratitude.<\/p>\n<p>Over the next few months, as I continued to list blessings each day, I noticed <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/positive-living\/friends-and-family\/family\/what-prayer-can-do-small-blessings\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">little things<\/a> I\u2019d been oblivious to. How the wind made the leaves dance. How the grin of a baby peeking out of a stroller lifted my heart.<\/p>\n<p>Looking for things to thank God for led to a deeper shift in me. Life didn\u2019t suddenly become trouble-free. But a new spiritual awareness of the blessings around me made me see <a href=\"https:\/\/gpbookstore.org\/articles\/prayer\/prayers-for-stronger-faith\/be-in-gods-presence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how present God was<\/a> in my life, handing out gift after gift. Including Mom, complaints and all. I couldn\u2019t change her; I could only love her.<\/p>\n<p>At a recent prayer meeting, my friend Dee noted how much my attitude toward Mom had improved.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen you mention her, you don\u2019t have that edge to your voice anymore,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>Sometimes I still catch myself griping about hard circumstances and difficult people. This venture is not one of those new-attitude-by-Monday projects, but I\u2019m not complaining. I\u2019m grateful for the journey.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><em>For more inspiring stories, subscribe to <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopguideposts.org\/magazines\/guideposts-magazine.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Guideposts<\/strong><\/a> <em>magazine<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In early 2014, when she was 86, Mom relocated from the mountains of northern California to the prairie of rural Illinois to live closer to us. 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