Humanist

This morning, I happened on an X post in which it was revealed that a United States Congresswoman, Kay Granger, who is 81 years old and had not been physically seen for six months has been found living in dementia care facility.

In comments to the X post, it was revealed that people close to her, including her staff, have been sharing up-dates on social media and in other communication channels giving the impression that the congresswoman was well and still carrying out her duties. This raises many questions:

• Who knew and did not reveal to the authorities that the congresswoman was not of sound mind?
• Who have been colluding and taking advantage of the congresswoman’s illness?
• Who checked her into the dementia care facility?
• Who has taken over and or grabbed her property including her finances?

For me, dementia is a sensitive subject. My late father had the misfortune of being afflicted with it. I regret not being their for him fully from the very beginning. I thought and took it for granted that my relatives, much older cousin brother, older half brother and my older half sisters had good intentions for papa’s well being. I was terribly wrong.

Now, as the truth unravels, I keep asking myself, how did you miss it? How did you miss it when they were taking advantage of papa’s dementia? Even when others directly informed me and accused some of stealing money from papa – in cash and from his bank accounts, I did not believe it.

How did I miss it? That there were those among my relatives who would attempt to circumvent papa’s last wishes and to go to the extent of forging a document, which they purport to be his will. They did such a bad job of it that it is so obvious for us who were close to papa.

The purported will of my late papa is riddled with information that is easily proven false; and the manner in which it was made does not meet accepted standards and requirements for the making of such documents. I have challenged it in Court and proceedings are still ongoing.

People whom I suspect to have forged it are people for whom I clearly misjudged their character and missed all their criminal traits. How did I miss it? That they had so much hate for my late papa? That they could take advantage of him at his weakest still has me baffled?

Another school of thought is that they are jealous of my siblings with whom I share a mum, my mum and I. That they hate that papa loved us the way he did and in circumventing papa’s last wishes, their intention is to punish us to settle the score. I understand their slogan is “it is pay back time.”

All this time, for decades, how did I miss it? My belief in self as a good judge of character has been so shaken that I now believe I am not as good a judge of character that I thought I was.

Please look out for your loved ones. Check in on them and when they seem inconsistent in their memory be their for them. That someone likely put the congresswoman into a dementia care facility, at least means there is someone who may care for her well being. I pray it be the case.