My name is K and I am the middle child of an Irish father. I am the official "caretaker" in my family, it seems. My parents are divorced and my 81-year-old Dad has early dementia. My sister can't help and my brother won't. I am also a single mommy to a lovely little 2-year-old and I work full time as a professor. I live in the Philadelphia, Pa area.

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