http://disqus.com/by/SoKC/enFri, 19 Dec 2008 22:05:28 -0000http://just-cara.tumblr.com/post/65742512#comment-4535069<p>I understand. I've ridden the same roller coaster. With a slowly dying parent, you fear that every crisis is the final one, then you're elated when it's not, then the next crisis comes. And so on.</p><p>Ask their doctors to talk with your mother about her need for care (if you haven't tried that already). Guilt works, too - let them know how worried you are about them (again, if you haven't tried that already).</p><p>Most important: take care of yourself through this. In a way, you and your brother are now the parents, and that role reversal and the roller coast ride take a toll. Be kind to yourself, take time for yourself, journal, take a bath, whatever works.</p><p>Though being forced to function as the adult, you are still a child who is losing her parents. Treasure every moment. </p>SoKCFri, 19 Dec 2008 22:05:28 -0000