Sandwich Club/Sandwich

When I was little my Momma and I lived with my Grandparents. Since my Grandparents were retired I spent my days with them until I started Kindergarten. I remember many a lunches consisted of Sandwiches. Now Grandma and Grandpa were Great Depressionists, so it was one sandwich in particular: Bologna with a slice of American cheese on Top Ramen bread. To this day I am not a fan of bologna and I never buy it. I am more of a turkey and avocado girl. I've even learned to make a mean Panini! Now I am learning about a difference kind of sandwich, a generational sandwich. The Chief and I are now the care givers for my dad as well as our growing children. While some days are easy and some are hard it has been rather interesting as we have all settled into our multigenerational household style. There are tons of books on parenting, and tons of books on aging. I wish there was a handbook on how to raise them all in the same house. I have tried to refer to pop culture for help. There were the Walton's. And we do live on a farm of sorts... and we have a lot of kids... We are just a little more edgy than that. There is a show on now a days about a family that has 4 generations in the house. The parents and their grown son are raising his child. Their, "MawMaw" is senile and provides all sorts of comedic situations with her antics. While the show is a completely scripted situational comedy, it has some truth to those of us in that season of life. When we had little ones There were car seats, baby gates, little bath tubs and walkers. Now with Dad and his knee replacement, there are handicap plaques for the car, ramps, shower chairs, a different kind of walker and canes. As more of my friends are joining the ranks of the sandwich club... or is it a club sandwich? Either way, I think there should be a registry at Walgreens, a sort of "Sandwich Shower" like a baby shower for those of us who are blessed with caring for a parent. Until the how-to books come out and I get to have a shower, I will just have to settle with trial and error. And if you've got Mom and/or Dad at home along with your growing Indians, welcome to the Sandwich club... I mean Club Sandwich.