I started posting here in times of crisis many years ago. My daughter made my life a living hell for the whole time she was growing up. Major, major tantrums from the time she was a young infant. Swearing, running away from the time she was ten and the list is endless. Special Education starting in 6th grade. counselors both in and out of school from kindergarten throughout and youth home, B&E, DUIs, twice. Then she turned 18. I was down on my knees thanking God. The next day she told me she was pregnant. Cut to the present. Ten years later. I ended up adopting her first child. My daughter had two more children with a semi decent man. Those two children had myself, the other Grandma and a nice house through HUD. My daughter continued with drugs, drinking, losing jobs and the whole nine yards. Last year she and the children's father had a huge fight. He went to jail for a year and now she just left MI. and took my two young beautiful grand children to Fl. and I can do nothing. She has custody, (even though she has been under oversight from Protective Services. She cannot even begin to take care of herself, much less those two innocent babies. She hates me for "stealing her daughter". and will not tell me where she is. Also rumored that she is pregnant again.
Now, I can go crazy worrying about my dear grandchildren and frankly by this time I can't help thinking the unthinkable and that is that I shouldn't have struggled so hard to keep her alive back in the growing up years because now she may cause something to happen to her babies. The nightmare never ends. There is another thing. These last two children would have probably been taken away if it weren't for massive support from myself, the other GP and bio dad. I should have let that happen. If I get the chance I will let that happen. Please pray for my grandchildren. A little girl, age 8 and a tiny, sweet beautiful little boy age 6.
I see from the names here that many of you have continued with your own sad journey into adulthood. I have often wished I had become a nun or something. I have three other wonderful and successful children who all finished college with honors and I raised them alone. Other wonderful Grandchildren, and my sweetheart, the adopted 10 year old DGD. Even so, I sometimes envy childless women. Not for me but for the pain she has caused her own children. Thanks for still being here. Katlin
Now, I can go crazy worrying about my dear grandchildren and frankly by this time I can't help thinking the unthinkable and that is that I shouldn't have struggled so hard to keep her alive back in the growing up years because now she may cause something to happen to her babies. The nightmare never ends. There is another thing. These last two children would have probably been taken away if it weren't for massive support from myself, the other GP and bio dad. I should have let that happen. If I get the chance I will let that happen. Please pray for my grandchildren. A little girl, age 8 and a tiny, sweet beautiful little boy age 6.
I see from the names here that many of you have continued with your own sad journey into adulthood. I have often wished I had become a nun or something. I have three other wonderful and successful children who all finished college with honors and I raised them alone. Other wonderful Grandchildren, and my sweetheart, the adopted 10 year old DGD. Even so, I sometimes envy childless women. Not for me but for the pain she has caused her own children. Thanks for still being here. Katlin
