Hello world!

Today is the day. I’ve been living Life in the Sandwich for almost two years and now I want to share it with you. I want to create a community where we can share the joys and difficulties of living life as part of the sandwich generation. That crazy season when you are taking care of your parents, taking care of your kids and trying to remember to take care of yourself. Ocassionally. Sometimes. Whenev’s.

I am hoping this will be a fun and funny safe place. A place where we can acknowledge the difficulties but focus on the good stuff. A place where we can get and give tips and tricks that have helped us communicate better, love with a kinder heart and empowered us to face the struggles of this new roller coaster we we’re riding. You know… the one we’ve been waiting in line for years to ride. Only we didn’t actually realize we were in line until the front car was clicking up the hill to our first stomach learching drop.

It’s a ride we always knew we would take, but we somehow thought it would be later. Different. Not now.

It’s a ride that takes our breath away, speeding at a frenetic pace with crazy fun, filled unexpected twists and turns that make us want to bubble up with glee… and lose our lunch… kind of at the same time. And when the cars finally pull into the station and we get a chance to breathe we have to make a choice. Was it fun or was it a nightmare? Do we go back for more or make a change? Did we do what we could to prepare while we were in line or did our focus on cotton candy and hot dogs leave us shocked, scared and a little sick.

Living with an aging parent, friend or loved one is all of these things and more. Adding teenagers and adult children into the mix… well that just makes it more fun. Or not. That’s the choice.

So, welcome to Life in the Sandwich. Please buckle your seatbelt and for your own safety keep your hands in the vehicle at all times. It’s going to be a wild ride.