I'm raising 2 kids abroad while managing my 80-year-old mom's care back home. I can't be in both places.

• Nicola Prentis is a single mom raising her kids in Spain.
• These days, she juggles her mom’s care back home with raising her own kids, often feeling pulled in two directions.
• She worries about the example she’s setting for her children.

I hope I learn how to manage it better because, in truth, it’s only going to get harder.