Hello friend, reading from you is like someone picturing those moments of hardship you had to past through.
And everyone has experience it in one way or the other, the best thing to do in these daring moments of life life is to o cheer up and know that's a temporary situation and that one-day you will just have to smile when you remember those times as you succeed in the future .

And about sacrifices we made as elderly ones to out younger ones, I can relate on that, I pray we make it early and also assist them, nice post you have here.