I am a single parent of a 20 year old. Him and I have lived with my parents since he was 2. My Mother passed away last year, I feel this has somehow separated us as a family. We haven’t had an actual family vacation in over 3-4 years because I was my Mother’s care taker until she passed. I feel we are long overdue for a family vacation, the stress of losing her and having to now care for my father has not only put a mental strain on me, I feel like we have all 3 drifted apart. We no longer have that glue that held us together which waa my Mother. I’m the youngest sibling of 6 children, and I have been the only one to step up and do what a child is supposed to do for your parents when they age. This has really taken a major toll on me because I feel like I have no one to rely on. I just want my son myself and my Father to be able to enjoy sometime together to rebuild that bond between us. I feel like every time I take a step forward, somehow I and up two steps behind. It’s exhausting, mentally, emotionally and physically. When I see what could help us, but I don’t know how to achieve it when I can’t make ends meet at times. I live on a disability check and it’s hard to even save a dollar at the end of paying all my bills.
