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[quote=Anonymous]I just try to roll with it but it’s tough esp as an older parent. We have some timeline overlaps…

2009-kid 1  born yay! Wow it’s hard! 
2012-kid 2 born at the start of the year. Then…. Dh loses job. Twice. Kid #1 dx with autism, my dad  gets cancer and my stepdad dies .  I turned down dream job which requires move because we had too much going on. 
2013-child mental health crisis; mother gets lymphoma 
2014- mother in law breaks hip, does surgery and lives with us to recover. 
2015- we move to small town in different state for job, better quality of life but job turns out to be nightmare (leadership turnover within weeks of my arrival)
2016: trump and the start of doom scrolling instead of healthy habits
2019: we move again for better job for me and dh starts commuting every other week . start to get settled and MIL falls, surgery wheelchair and needs to move near us to high level of care. 
2020. FIL dies from Covid; my dad has heart attack but survives.  2 of 3 kids mental health crises again. I have bad return of chronic health issues 
2021: my mom declining, I move her out of house across country and assume care of her the same month I start new job. 
2022: things feel like finally getting better but then mom formally dx with mid stage Alzheimer’s, dad has series of strokes, I get dx with aneurysm and told to try to not get stressed out :).

Three of four parents alive but just barely, two working parents with tween teen and young adult kids, and not enough money for us to stop working. [/quote]

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