Bonne année Irish ... oui, practising français et Italiano aussi ... that insight is très intéressant ... it IS MLC, and as such, we need compassion. I hope she comes out of it. I really do.
I think you are wise, mon ami, to let her have to take the initiative to find out what's up with your girls without your help. Enabling isn't helpful, I've learned.
How's your last week of vacation going? Are the girls having fun? How is daughter 14 feeling?
xoxoxo {{{{{hugs}}}}}
M 20+ T25+ S ~15.5 (BD) BD 4/6/15 D 12/23/16
"Someone I loved once gave me A box full of darkness. It took me years to understand, That this too, was a gift." ~ Mary Oliver