Please pray for me and my family. I have so many good things in my life and my situation is better than it has been in past years. Unfortunately, I received news that my mom may need to go into hospice. I love my job but am becoming increasingly burnt out and worried due to stress over some team and leadership dynamics that are discouraging. I’m trying to focus on positives but I am isolated and in a relationship that has good points but more and more I am at the end of the priority list and am often met with anger, blame, accusations, and fight provoking. This person is a veteran with PTSD and I try to be understanding but overwhelmingly I see the common thread of acts of understanding being turned against me at work and at home. Not surprisingly, my depression has increased but thankfully my anxiety is much better. If you saw me, smiling and calm most of the time, you’d never know the struggles I feel. I’m sure that’s how many of us feel at times, so I don’t want to turn off my empathy but I’m feeling like it’s not helping me as it’s not turned toward myself enough first. Thank you for reading; please pray I can find the right path and stay strong enough to remain on it. I’m so tired in every way.