I could see your friend's story in my mother's in low life. She once said she will have more time to enjoy her grandkids, so she continued the hard work after having her child. Years passed and she is still hard working, having the same little amount of time for the nephew.
The only sad part is that she is not completely happy with her choices, because if your biggest satisfaction is work, than go for it and enjoy life your way!
I do not judge, I have no idea how her life would be if she had made other choices. But I understood I wanted my path to be different.
I really enjoyed this article!