Re: Lonely Parents
In my family there's just me, mum and my younger sister. Mum got divorced years ago and my dad hasn't been in contact for over 20 years.
When I got engaged one of the first things that crossed my mind was that mumwould be alone as my sister would also marry and move soon.
Hubby said that we could ask mum to spend 6 months with us and 6 with my sister or split time between me, sister and her own home.
When my sister got married, she decided to live with mum and I resented her for that as mum was basically slaving for her and then when she had her son mum was looking after him. Until then mum had been spending a lot of time at my house (I live 3 hours drive away) but then as mum had more responsibility she didnt' come up as often. I really hated my sister for that as mum should be looked after - she dedicated her life to us.
Now though I see it as a good thing that my sister stayed with my mum as mum is not alone, she is independant to an extent, she has her own home still and also at least she has my sister in case she does need looking after. I know that due to my own health problems I wouldn't have been able to look after mum when she got ill.
So you see, Allah SWT, the almighty sends us a solution in some way, although you may not outwardly see it at first.....
I don't know if that really answers the question, but it's my experience