Sandwiched

It's a tough day. I am feeling stuck in the middle in so many ways.  I guess today I am the middle child who has middle child problems.  I was the middle child for 7 years until the baby boy came along so the feelings have never really left me. I think so much about my childhood these days and the things that shaped who I am today.

Today I am the child who is being called up to bat for our mother.  She is sick and suffering from Alzheimer's, a mean and cruel mind sucking condition that leaves a person with no real memory.  Mom has been in Oklahoma for 9 years with the baby brother being her primary caretaker.  About 5 years ago we put her in the nursing home because she just could not live at home while everyone either went to work or school.