Well, my poor father is still having back trouble. He’s still using the wheelchair and is pretty frustrated.
We have our little routine every day, I pick him and his chair up and take them to his work (he’s a teacher), and, I pick them up in the afternoon and we run errands or go to physical therapy or whatever.
I’m not sure how much longer I can sustain this schedule, since, I am leaving work early almost every day, and, my pciking him up in the mornings is leaving my husband to get all 3 kids ready and dropped off at …read more

Today’s For Better or For Worse comic strip sends you into a minor crisis (click the thumbnail below to view):

Peter Kua at Radicalhop.com raises some interesting questions about responsibility to aging parents and how society has changed.
Look at the 2 reasons for doing away with your bone-creaking, wheelchair bound parents in today’s culture:
An “social” burden. Unfortunately, there are loads of kids in this category. There are many of you who just can’t be bothered repaying the care your parents provided you. You have an important career and make good money. You have high society friends. But you are simply too preoccupied with your social engagements that your aging parents have become an inconvenience to you. At times, you’re even …read more

Since we’re going to be here together, I thought you should know more about me. I like animals, children, the outdoors and long walks in the rain. Wait. This isn’t that kind of blog is it? Nevermind.
My mother has terminal lung cancer. As a matter of fact, she will more than likely die during my tenure with you here at GenBewteen.com. While I understand how lucky I am to have had 2 loving parents for this long, I must admit, I’m still trying to process this whole thing.I have a husband, a full-time job outside the home and 3 young …read more

I’m your host, the Sandwich Generation Poster Child.
Like many people my age (41), I am raising young children along with being responsible for aging parents. As an only child with no extended family, I knew this day was coming, but, until about 3 years ago, it was largely theoretical.
I knew I had arrived in this group the day my mother was in the hospital, my dad was in the ER in the same hospital, and, I couldn’t get to either one of them because my husband wasn’t there, and, I had a 2 year old in tow. Good times.
Anyway, I …read more