Anonymous wrote:"We all have kids 13 & under, jobs, etc. so it was impossible to drop everything for a day trip just to run mom to a doctor appt unless we had notice well in advance."
Do you not realize that things often come up at the last minute in elder care? That is part of why it sucks. I guarantee you your sister had to do a tons last minute.
You suck, OP. 1.5 hours?? You can do that multiple times a month, easy. Take your kids with them if they are so young you can't leave them alone. Skip their stupid soccer practice or whatever. Step up, just like your sister did for more than FIVE YEARS
I live on the West Coast where plenty of people have a 1.5 hour commute every day. I even knew someone who lived in the Shenandoah Valley and commuted to DC every morning after riding her horse and parenting her kids. You could visit your mother and help out, but you don't want to.