A vacation cut short by real-life emergencies highlights the 'sandwich generation' dilemma.

Balancing care for kids and aging parents is a struggle the 'sandwich generation' faces.

Conflicting family obligations demand immediate attention and tough decisions.

We are sitting here, husband and wife, on the edge of the bed.

Outside the window, a babbling brook winds its way around a golf course, palm trees sway back and forth in the breeze, the fun and fantasy of our long-awaited and much-anticipated Disney World vacation stretch as far as our eyes can see. But we are sitting here, on the edge of the bed.

In the other room, the kids are waiting for us. Thousands of miles away from school and homework, they are as silly as the cartoons they are watching on TV. We hear them laughing. We hear them calling us. But we........

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