Do you ever feel like you are being attacked by Satan? I think he has seriously been attacking my whole family over the past 2ish years. I think it's possible that he's gaining momentum and I'm trying my hardest to stop him. However, I feel like I've hit a brick wall.
It has been one thing after the other for every member of my family. Let's start with about a year and a half ago...well May 2010. My Nana ended up hospitalized...twice. The first time she went in she was misdiagnosed and then sent home. I went to see her and I was certain she was dying. My Granddad had her taken back to the hospital and they diagnosed her right. Her kidneys were failing due to some medications her doctors put her on. Lovely! They sent her home on Hos.pice. Two months later my Granddad's best friend since early childhood dies...
Things appear to be improving. Then on New Year's Eve (2010-2011) my middle sister heads to the ER. She is 13 weeks pregnant at the time and bleeding heavily. Fortunately Baby is ok but she is put on bead rest. The very next morning my Nana has a stroke which leads to the worst week of my life as I watch her die.
Some time after that my dad finds out he is losing his house. Then my sister's baby is born but placed in the NICU.
Now on the one year anniversary of my Nana's death, my youngest sister finds out she has miscarried her first baby. She was not expecting to become pregnant so quickly (she conceived immediately after getting married in November) but was very happy and excited. As it turns out she was married on what would have been Nana and Granddad's 52nd Wedding Anniversary (planned) and the baby was due on August 22nd (my dad's birthday...their first son). I think this gave her a special connection to our Nana.
Now my middle sister (the one from above who had the baby in the NICU) is having some marriage struggles that are absolutely breaking my heart. I don't want to go into details but it is so unbelievably sad. She and her husband have 3 beautiful children...they absolutely MUST work this out!
Of course there have been about a million other things going on left and right (these are just the big things). It's exhausting! I've gotten to the point where I am absolutely terrified to answer my phone for fear of what's wrong now.
Oh, and that sister above who just had the miscarriage...she has (I think in the last year and a half or so) gotten into a lot of new age type beliefs...Reik.ki (spelling?) to be more specific. It seriously terrifies me! I have no clue how to even approach it.
I wish I could bathe my entire family in Holy Water. I told K we need to get our priest out to bless our home since it hasn't been done yet.
I'm looking for some prayers...maybe novenas. I'm thinking a general one I could say for my entire family...then maybe one for my sister who is having the marriage trouble...then another for my sister who is into the scary stuff. Any suggestions? I googled but was overwhelmed.
Right now I'm just praying for peace for my entire family. We sure do need it.
Long overdue final update (such a good one)!
6 months ago


