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So, so, so hard. I recently had to take my teen dress shopping for a black/dark dress bc my dad was facing a very grim surgery and I had to be ready. Without letting on at all.
(He made it through, is doing ok, but the next shoe is mid air…)
Yes. My mom has lung cancer and it’s just so…. Ugh. I’m sorry you’re dealing with this, too. It’s hard to manage with kids. We are in this weird sandwich time of life. My friends are also in the same boat. I constantly fear phone calls now, because I’m afraid it’s more bad news.
Yes. Also feeling afraid, sad, and like I can’t show those emotions around my kids. Or even myself.
My dad died of cancer when I was 28; it aged me a lot. I’m now in my 40s and most of my good friends still have both parents and haven’t had to worry about this stuff. Now my mom is about to turn 70 and showing signs of age. It’s really hard parenting your parents. Hang in there.
Sending love your way. It’s a hard pill to swallow. Just remember you can’t be there for your kids if your not there for yourself. Make sure you’re taking care of you, so you can help take care of your family. ❤️❤️
I just experienced a bit of a crisis here as well, hopped on a plane and brought in a home care service. Paying out of pocket for now but it’s the only way. Since transparency helps, it wasn’t easy to convince the in laws to trial help in their home. But I also cannot be there in person to bathe and help my fil urinate and assist with cleaning so we had to bring in help. This far it has brought sanity to everyone in a fast short time.
I’m jealous: my in laws sent them away after a few days and now just complain to everyone that we aren’t doing more or visiting more. We get emails from all sorts of people telling us how badly they are doing and nobody seems to understand that you can’t force help on people. (And they don’t want our help…just our attention. Maybe. They might also just really like having our lack of attention to complain about!)