This post at Nourishing Relationships had me at the line:
“When you are told by your secretary that a nurse is on the line, do you try to guess if it is the school or the nurse in the cardiac care unit?”
The article by Roberta Benor reprinted there, “Food for the Sandwich Generation: the Meanings Behind the Bread You Choose”, published in the Washington Post in 1992, looks at life between elderly parents and children and how you cope with it all:
Just as in a deli, when you are asked what kind of bread you would like for your sandwich, you …read more

Rosemary and Phyllis at Nourishing Relationships have a series of good posts with advice for dealing with the pressure of The Sandwich Generation.
Be sure to check it out for a good reminder that we don’t have to do it alone, we should find something joyful about each day, and, much more good advice.