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Quote From: park_1709

My husband and I have one daughter.  She's now 32.  We've been through rehab at the Meadows, we've also been through several (probably 4) suicide attempts.  We thought we'd gotten through most of the depression.  She married last year for the fourth time, but this time she married a captain in the military, meaning he had a job, car, career, etc.  The marriage ended last month and she has moved into one of our apartments.  She moved in with us briefly until we could ask for possession of the apartment.  She has four dogs (had five at the time she moved in with us).  I have three, so logistics were a nightmare.  We had short fuses during that period and I probably mouthed off when it would have been better not to.  However, I was trying to keep the yard alive, keep dogs from fighting and keep the house clean, which meant vacuuming sometimes twice a day and mopping daily.  She did try to help, but I feel it was very little.  Shortly after she moved into the apartment she fell off the porch and broke her ankle.  This has translated into my trying to be at her beck and call because I feel really sorry for her.  She now has a walking boot on and can get around a little.  I last saw and talked to her about four days ago.  She will not return my calls (I've called once a day for the past 4 days).  My husband is trying to build a deck at that apartment because she asked for it and he said she seemed really depressed this morning.  I tried to call again - again she has not returned calls.  The last time I was over there (four days ago) she mentioned that at some point in her life she would probably stop speaking to my husband - now I'm wondering if I'm included in that.  I don't know what to do at this point except acceptance.  Having read this now that I've typed it, it seems clear that perhaps accdeptance is what is needed until she re-examins her attitude.  However, having gotten this far with registering for the message board, and logging on, I could use some feed back.  I should add, she has some anger issues.  Which might also seem clear given the not speaking thing.