29/10/2026
Are you in a sandwich generation? Does it get easier? I know I am not alone in this quest, millions of people have aging parents & still fairly young kids. Today I am tired! We’ve been to see my mum over the last day & to help her. That plus all the driving feels like it’s finished me off 🙈😂. I am so glad that she is just about still managing to be independent, & I am doing all I can do to help her in this, as this is her choice, but oh my word it feels harder by the month. I end up so worried about her. When my daughter was younger I worried about how to make our home safe for her growing up, & now my brain is having to reverse that process except for my mum in her home😅. It’s not as simple as with kids though as she still gets her say, & as much as possible I honour that. She refuses external help except me. However despite all that tiredness, I am feeling a lot of gratitude too, at least I can get to be tired - odd as that may sound. I’m tired, but I did a lot (she always has long lists of things that need doing for my arrival) & I have left knowing that she will be more settled at least for a few weeks I hope.🤞 💖 She learnt how to use a new microwave, she had her first ever dragonfruit & kiwi berries & laughed because she thought we were teasing her & the dragonfruit was a Halloween prank 😂🙈 Lots more laughing as she realised it actually was a fruit. She loved seeing her grand-daughter & me & to be able to watch gymnastic developments for my child via my phone 💖🌟and obviously lots more, but I guess those were her mini-highlights 💖
