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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My dad is expected to pass any day now. My sister lives nearby and has been helping with his care each day during or after work.

Before my dad really started to decline, he and my mom booked a rental property on a beach for a week, with plans to go with my sister and her family.

I just had a baby so I was never planning to go on a vacation this year.

My sister said her last goodbye to my dad today and plans to drive to the rental property tonight to go on vacation without my parents after all.

But shouldn’t she be staying nearby to help support my mom and help arrange the wake/funeral since my dad has only a couple more days to live?

I am doing what I can with an infant but it seems like a strange time to be going on vacation for a week.[/quote]

SIL, is that you? The world is supposed to stop whenever you are experiencing a life event (which can be as major as your child's 6th BD - well, really anything your children do, from taking their first breath in the AM to their last bathroom visit at night), yet you expect the rest of us to soldier on and shoulder your burdens.

My parents had some major flaws, but I definitely learned how to take life in stride from them - inevitable when there are six kids. [/quote]

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