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<blockquote data-quote="Dad34" data-source="post: 765812" data-attributes="member: 32757">Hi Copa, yes I’m still here most every day. I’m okay, but have been struggling with being estranged from my daughter. It’s easy to dwell on my mistakes in the past as I try to guess exactly why she won’t respond to my occasional Facebook messages to her (the only way I know how to reach her). Is it my fault? Is it her addictions? Something else? All of the above? People tell me I tend to overthink, and that may be true here. I saw that Beta was able to communicate with her son in Phoenix, the impressive effort she made to do so, and I’m happy for her (though sad it didn’t turn out better…at least in the short term… maybe it will be good in the end, who knows <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🙏" title="Folded hands&nbsp; &nbsp; :pray:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/6.6/png/unicode/64/1f64f.png" data-shortname=":pray:" />). But it makes me sad for my own situation, and causes me to consider how, if, or when I should try contacting her again. I don’t even know what to say to her anymore. Anyway, I keep busy and have much to be grateful for in my life too, so I try to focus on that. Thanks for asking! How are you?Midst, welcome to the forum and I encourage you to stay and keep posting. I admire you and your husband’s devotion to your grandchildren, and I’m praying for you and for them.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dad34, post: 765812, member: 32757"] Hi Copa, yes I’m still here most every day. I’m okay, but have been struggling with being estranged from my daughter. It’s easy to dwell on my mistakes in the past as I try to guess exactly why she won’t respond to my occasional Facebook messages to her (the only way I know how to reach her). Is it my fault? Is it her addictions? Something else? All of the above? People tell me I tend to overthink, and that may be true here. I saw that Beta was able to communicate with her son in Phoenix, the impressive effort she made to do so, and I’m happy for her (though sad it didn’t turn out better…at least in the short term… maybe it will be good in the end, who knows 🙏). But it makes me sad for my own situation, and causes me to consider how, if, or when I should try contacting her again. I don’t even know what to say to her anymore. Anyway, I keep busy and have much to be grateful for in my life too, so I try to focus on that. Thanks for asking! How are you? Midst, welcome to the forum and I encourage you to stay and keep posting. I admire you and your husband’s devotion to your grandchildren, and I’m praying for you and for them. [/QUOTE]

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