The Sandwich Generation Blues [View all]
I am 62. Like many boomers, I didn't start my familly until late. I had my youngest child when I was 39.
Up until recently, I guess I just assumed that by the time my parents needed my help, my kids would be well on the path to independence.
Well, . . .assumptions, right?
Right now I am 1800 miles away from home attending to a dear, widowed Mom with a painful compression fracture. I don't know hown long I will be here, or how much help she will need.
Dear Husband, diabetic, with cane-requiring balance & mobility issues, and a reliance on prescribed pain meds, a 20-something son with emotional disturbances and a "self-medication" problem are in the nominal care of my OTHER 20-something son who is a (typical, I believe) "angry young man" who is a full time Junior at a college that he commutes to about 50 miles away.
Mom feels guilty about keeping me away from them. DH is determined not to give me a clear picture of how things are going at home (so I won't 'worry'). And my troubled son skypes me with how his father and brother hate him and things are never going to get better.
Thank God we have a natural "therapy dog"
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