Dear Abby: My mom is in her early 80s. More and more often lately, she seems to be avoiding seeing me and my siblings. It wasn’t always like this. She would let me, my husband and our kids stay with her when we visited. Even last year, when she fell and injured herself, she let me stay with her for a couple of days to help out.

My siblings have been saying they think she has been “over them” for a while, but I’ve only noticed it over the last year or so. Now, even our phone conversations are shorter. We have lived more than five hours apart since I moved out after high school, but I always made sure to call her regularly. If I didn’t call, I could expect a call from her to check in. However, now if I don’t call her, I won’t hear from her. After asking about me and my family, she rushes me

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