Impossible Situations

St. Rita,
I am what you would call the stronghold of my family. I’m the one who doesn’t fall apart when everyone else is falling apart around her. However, recently, I’ve been having a hard time living up to that role.
My mother is very young, under 55 years old, and she’s been diagnosed with Pick’s Disease. Pick’s Disease is like Alzheimer’s in the sense that she’ll lose her memory, but it’s very aggressive and affects women and men at a much earlier age. It’s totally incurable. My mother is the greatest person I’ve ever known, and she’s done nothing to deserve this. St. Rita, I’m asking for your help. If my mother cannot get better, and I wish she would, I hope that you can give her peace of mind. She knows she’s sick and she’s so troubled by it. Please help her through this rough time in her life. She’s missing out on so much, and I can tell that she’s so troubled by all of this. My mother was in a marriage much like yours, and I just want her to be able to enjoy the years that she has left with the part of her family that loves her.
In the midst of all of this, I’ve gotten engaged to the love of my life, and my father is disallowing me from getting married. Every time I even mention it to him, he comes at me with reasons why I shouldn’t be getting married or reasons why he doesn’t approve. My whole family doesn’t understand why he feels this way. My fiancee and I have been together for over 4 years. My father and I have never had a good relationship, and he’s very controlling. He wants me to be single so that he’ll be able to control my life. He makes me feel very guilty for pursuing a career and a marriage. He continually calls me selfish and puts me down, and I’ve just lost all balance in my life. Please help me to find an answer to these impossible situations.
Amen