Census: Seniors find themselves raising grandchildren
Geraldine Farmer can't sleep.
She worries about her three grandchildren tucked in bed in her Oklahoma City home.
“Lord,” she cries at night, “I can't do this! Lord, I can't do this.”
She dreamed that she and her husband Alvin would be relaxing together in their twilight years after raising five children. She imagined hugging and patting the visiting grandkids goodbye before they headed home....
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