My mom has been declining mentally over the past year and my brother lives across the country and keeps suggesting solutions from afar while I'm here dealing with the day-to-day reality. We both love her but we're starting to resent each other and I can feel us building a wall that might last long after she's gone.
More people experience this than they realize.
Distance is creating different relationships to the same loss, and the burden of care is threatening to break what should be a source of mutual support.
“Where Are You with Loneliness — the epidemic and the experience?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.