Her husband also has heart issues. So she really could use more than just the hour or two break her siblings sometimes ...

Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips.

I feel very fulfilled. I feel like I did great stuff with my life,” Katie Greenwood Ross wrote in her last post before her death following a cancer battle.

When my oldest daughter was about 12 ... I would start work for the day and have to leave suddenly to take care of her. It was too heavy to balance a job and a sick child, so I quit.