It Is Messy Hard and Beautiful and It Will Fill You Up and Break Your Heart

It doesn’t matter if you are the most methodical, organized student of life, someone who prides herself on doing all the research: the pregnancy books, parenting blogs and LinkedIn searches. No one tells you that there isn’t an advice column or Google search that prepares you for the moment when you realize that you are a parent to your parent.

The “Sandwich Generation” is real. It is messy and hard and beautiful, and it will fill you up and break your heart in ways that you could never have...