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<blockquote data-quote="HMBgal" data-source="post: 749021" data-attributes="member: 13260"><p>Lots of stuff, New Leaf, so much of it so good. I've adjusted to the fact that my daughter will always make choices around drugs (meth, alcohol) and men first, then her kids. I'm detaching from her drama, but it's hard to watch her living in her car, getting thinner and thinner, still with the same men. She sees the kids maybe an hour a month, and they hang on every second like it's the last because they never know when they'll see her again. And they see their father once every sixth Sunday or so. I'm newly retired and trying to figure out how the get the braces they need, etc. We've had them for three years and the stability is so crucial and the rest isn't life threatening and will happen in due course. Their father does at least provide medical insurance. He stopped paying child support long ago and we've decided not to fight it and just do the best we can. The kids each have their own rooms, are in great schools, are in good health and yes, eating us out of house and home. Our food bills have tripled. The therapeutic day school my grandson is in for the next two years has been very successful and I feel like I can breathe for the first time in years. I'm sure there are challenges ahead, but I can enjoy some semblance of a calm and fulfilling life. Raising grandkids and watching every cent isn't how I pictured my retirement, though, not gonna lie.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HMBgal, post: 749021, member: 13260"] Lots of stuff, New Leaf, so much of it so good. I've adjusted to the fact that my daughter will always make choices around drugs (meth, alcohol) and men first, then her kids. I'm detaching from her drama, but it's hard to watch her living in her car, getting thinner and thinner, still with the same men. She sees the kids maybe an hour a month, and they hang on every second like it's the last because they never know when they'll see her again. And they see their father once every sixth Sunday or so. I'm newly retired and trying to figure out how the get the braces they need, etc. We've had them for three years and the stability is so crucial and the rest isn't life threatening and will happen in due course. Their father does at least provide medical insurance. He stopped paying child support long ago and we've decided not to fight it and just do the best we can. The kids each have their own rooms, are in great schools, are in good health and yes, eating us out of house and home. Our food bills have tripled. The therapeutic day school my grandson is in for the next two years has been very successful and I feel like I can breathe for the first time in years. I'm sure there are challenges ahead, but I can enjoy some semblance of a calm and fulfilling life. Raising grandkids and watching every cent isn't how I pictured my retirement, though, not gonna lie. [/QUOTE]
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