My mom and her sisters are not getting along, and I'm really at a loss on how to help her.  She comes from a family of 6 but is closer to 2 of the sisters.  While all have their own children and grand-children now, they do get together sometimes on the weekend, talk to each other on the phone, etc.  The frequency that this occurs varies over the years, and things have declined recently. 

My mom hasn't talked to one of them since December.  I think sometimes they get in these moods where one doesn't call the other, and then they are in this cycle where each is waiting for the other to call.  The other sister has a daughter living in England with her partner (and all of my cousin's children).  My grandmother is English and came over on a boat when she was 18.  None of her children have ever gone over there, mainly due to lack of finances, not because they do not have the desire. 

My aunt is going this summer to see her daughter and grandchildren.  My mother was informed this week that my other aunt is going, too.  My cousin had asked my aunt about asking my mom to come and my aunt said she could not get the time off work.  My mom has like 3 weeks of vacation a year and getting time off would not be an issue.  She has always lacked the funds but would love to go to England.  Well, not only did my aunt decide for my mom that she couldn't go, but my cousin offered to foot the bill for my other aunt, who doesn't even like to leave her house much less the country.  My mom was furious and hung up the phone when she received the "good news" as my aunt called it. 

Obviously she is very hurt that my aunts have been talking and planning this without her.  I don't know why my aunts have started hanging out without my mom but I feel like this was uncalled for.  They should have given my mom the option of going, even if they thought she couldn't afford it, which would have been more of the issue, as vacation time is not.  I don't know what to do for her.  It's awful that your own sisters would do that to you and understandably she is very hurt. 

My mom has never had any friends so her sisters were all she had.  Now she is very depressed and there's not much I can do about it.  I have my own issues to work on, and this isn't something I can really fix.  I don't know why my aunts did this; I can't think of a reason that would justify how they are behaving right now.  They are all supposed to be sisters - blood means nothing any more.