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[quote=Anonymous]No words of encouragement since I am still going through some of this myself.  But I totally empathize, OP - it is really hard.  I am an older mom with toddlers and my elderly father passed away from Alzheimers one month before my twins were born.  My mom is still living on her own, but barely hanging on and recently has started to decline mentally and it is so hard to wath.  My sister and I are doing what we can, but neither of us have much time to spare -we have a home health caretaker for my mom.  The past 3 years have been really tough.

My most overwhelming emotion with my mom's declining health is that I feel sooo alone.  I'm struggling as a first time mom and my own mother is really not "present" to help or offer me  any advice.

I think you might have acknowledge that you are to be the "glue" for your own kids and their generation in your larger family.  Kind of like passing on the torch and think of what you can do to create the best family (extended also) memmories for your own kids that you can.[/quote]

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