I'm glad I'm not in their shoes, actually, though I don't really like ours much better.
My youngest and her husband are sort of in limbo until my son-in-law finds out tomorrow if his leave request is approved, so that he can come with her to move them. If so, they'll leave there on Thursday (assuming his leave is approved for Thursday; else Friday). If not, she'll leave Thursday to come home by herself.
Meanwhile, the burden still falls primarily on Teri to care for the kids. Granny has been helping out in the evening as she can, but we just found out she's been doing it with a cracked rib!
I think I may finally be out of the doghouse over all of this, but I'm not betting on it.
The thing is, the worst of this isn't even about the current circumstances. It's all about the years of Teri's wishes and requests being ignored, of her care for our grandchildren being completely taken for granted and treated as an entitlement to be dictated only according to our daughter's wishes. And it is so hard to put that aside to figure out the best way to respond in the current situation, when the need is so much more real.
God manages this with us all the time. We're going to have to trust the Spirit to help us do the same.
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