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[quote=Anonymous]- Dealing with PPA after birth of third child and trying to get into some sort of routine with an infant and two young kids under 6. Seeing a therapist for the PPA (and it is helping, slowly but surely). 
- Had to give up two beloved activities which kept my sanity... there just aren't enough hours in the day to do it all. I can go back later on after the kids are older, but lamenting the loss of outside activities I really enjoyed and the sense of community that came with them. 
- Dad has suffered a cascade of health problems beginning a few years ago, to include cancer, a mental break that resulted in his having to retire early, and broken bones. The cancer is gone, thankfully, but recovery has been long and hard and there've been a lot of unexpected challenges and bumps along the road. 
- Mom has been overwhelmed with Dad's (and brother's) health issues and has transformed from an active and loving grandma into a angry and bitter shell of her former self. Will not seek therapy or additional help for herself. 
- Brother is dealing with mental health issues and untreated anxiety that've been going on for years. He and I don't have much of a relationship - we are cordial, but distant. He has treated me and our other siblings horribly in the past and brought my parents to the brink of divorce. He lives at home with my parents and is not working at the moment. Mom is desperate to get him out of their house, and so is leaning on me to convince him to move and to "check in with him to see how he is doing." There is now a rift between us because I gently explained that a) I have no influence over my brother whatsoever, and b) this isn't my problem to fix - if they want him out of the house, they have to take steps to make that happen. Frustrated because I don't know what to say to my mom when I get these requests to "check in" on my brother, and resentful that my brother's eaten up so much of my parents' livelihoods leaving little time or attention for me and my kids, who want nothing more than to see their grandparents. 
- MIL's health is rapidly declining and DH is depressed as a result. 
- House needs a major repair that we simply cannot afford at the moment. [/quote]

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