In the book “Raising Mario Twice I talked about the hope of getting Mario into his own place. I didn’t know how or where, but kept the dream alive and affirmed, “somehow, somewhere, someway, Mario would move in 2010.”
With a challenged world economy and social services cutbacks, I wasn’t optimistic about finding a group home for Mario. I thought maybe book sales would rocket and my husband and I would buy a house or condominium for Mario. Maybe we could exchange care giving for rent.
Book sales are improving, but not going well enough to purchase a home for Mario. Yet every day I kept saying, “Mario will find a place to live outside of our home sometime in 2010.”
This March after a meditation on finding “The perfect place for Mario,” I picked up the mail. There was a letter from an apartment manager of a HUD housing complex for the mobility impaired. In a couple of days Mario could have an interview for an apartment if we were still interested.
I had filled out an application three years ago for an apartment and by now had forgotten about it. A year ago one of these apartments had come up, but Mario was not ready. Lately Mario has been walking around more and more with a cane so would he still qualify? I talked with Mario about moving. He said, “I am ready, Mom, I am ready.”
I made the call and it turned out that Mario was first on the waiting list! He still needs a walker most of the time, as long as a doctor wrote, “permanently mobility impaired,” Mario would qualify. His doctor wrote the diagnosis, permanently mobility impaired.
Mario interviewed, we signed the lease, and he now has his own apartment! He still needs assistants day and night, but does more and more for himself. It is his house and beautifully decorated. I asked for help from family and friends and we received pots, pans, pictures, lights, decorations, dishes, microwave, blender, and a TV. Everything matches and flows with good energy and love.
We believe in miracles and the Universe provided everything we needed for Mario. All I had to do was ask and be ready to receive.
Oh I am so thrilled for you!!! God is great!! You and Mark are great parents and Mario is so lucky to have you! I love you all and I am blessed to know you!
We were very lucky to get the apartment. If we had gone into fear we would have never moved Mario. Everyone has helped by taking turns spending the night with Mario. Mario says his brain needed the movement. He gets a lot of stimulation by having to do more for himself. He doesn’t have his Mom around all the time doing everything for him. It was a good move.
Remember to stay in the love and out of fear.