Her name is Martha Jean...
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Her name is Martha Jean. Every day for 10 years she went to the nursing home where her mother remained bedfast. A catastrophic series of strokes rendered a previously lively and vivacious woman silenced and immobile. Most of her friends could not tolerate the stress of a visit. Martha Jean visited, talked with her mother, assisted feeding her mother, and sat for hours with her mother. Some people used to wonder aloud why this woman would visit her mother with such remarkable frequency. Was she simply working out of guilt? Was she tending where others would not tend? No, she gave witness to how a daughter, when possible, could care for her mother even beyond her mother's understanding. What does honor look like? It may look like something as common as a daughter's regular, daily care.
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