Hearing the Worst
From Chicken Soup for the Soul: Tap into Your Inner Strength
By Lois Wilmoth-Bennett

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.
~Mae West

Sue and I sped along the highway at seventy-five miles per hour as we began our climb up the curving mountainous roadway where North Carolina intersects with the southern border of Virginia. Sue, my youngest daughter, also a mother and grandmother, is a young-at-heart fifty-year-old widow. I suppose she could be identified as a “tweener” — between me and her younger family — since I’ve often asked her to drive me long distances or to do other things I can’t or don’t want to do for myself.

The more politically correct term, I suppose, is that Sue is now a member of “The Sandwich Generation.” These young to middle-age men and women are still raising their families, even if they are mostly grown, and suddenly they find themselves also responsible for their aging parents and must add additional responsibilities to an already busy lifestyle. (Keep reading)