Dear Eric:

My husband and I have been married almost five years, and it has been wonderful. Six months ago, we had a major disruption when my 83-year-old father-in-law was diagnosed with dementia. He was admitted to hospice last week. We have no one to help with him, except for a sitter that is draining his wallet.

My husband and I have an 11-year-old daughter, and she and I literally miss him. My husband works during the day and as soon as he gets off, he goes to his dad’s. My husband says I can come there to see him, but my father-in-law’s house is in a flood zone, and the basement is covered with black mold, so I am sort of scared to spend a lot of time there.

We used to spend Sundays going to church and to eat, I miss it so much. I am not trying to be selfish, and I realize this is

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