My mom has been calling me multiple times a week since my dad passed and I want to be there for her but it's becoming overwhelming and I don't know how to set boundaries without making her feel abandoned. My sister lives across the country and keeps saying I should 'just tell mom to call less' but she doesn't understand what it's like to be the one here.
More people experience this than they realize.
Grief has created an imbalance that's exposing different capacities and geographical realities, but the family hasn't figured out how to share the emotional load.
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