I moved abroad when flights home were cheap. Now caring for my aging dad is much harder and more expensive.
My dad joked he was indestructible. Now we're learning that's not true and I'm an expensive flight away from him.
Victoria Peel Yates relocated to Italy to live close to her partner's aging parents. However, now her own father, who had been in good health, requires assistance due to a serious progressive lung condition. The escalating costs of flights back to the UK have made it difficult for Yates to visit her father. Despite the joy she felt upon reaching her 40th birthday in Italy, the situation with her father has turned tragic.
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