sunnybeaches
Registered: 12/05/07
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I am new to this board,hope to meet other grandparents and share life with them... |
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pattymas
Registered: 12/28/07
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Hi..seems everywhere there is someone with this situation..raising grand children due to the drug addiction! My ex husband suggested a addoptiomclose friend at work...A patient's wife (I am a nurse]. This women has had grandchild past 10years, her daughter had a degree in pshcology! She chose the drug life. How o you raise a child so he neer eels unwanted and tat his mother deserted him for life on the streets. I waited all xmas eve and xmas day hoping she'd show up or call! It breaks my heart that this child of mine turned her back on this precious child. He is 2+8mths old. This is certainallly not what I wanted to doo raise a 2yr old! He is a handful betweeen working at the hospital and taking care of him I'mm exshausted! My other daughter who' nursing school full time helps me alot but she kinda resents taking care of her messed up sister. Total opposit sisters! Need mucho support and advice. I spoil him to death. The slightest wimper At night I'm scooping him up..never want him to unwanted or desserted!Also lots of stress my mother died in May.
This holiday I lost 2 people vert close to me!Past year my daughter totled my care,wiped out bank account, passed so manybad checks forging my name! She spent 4 mths in jail came home for 10 days then just left for the of crack! So much to say but don't want to get to long.Any advice will be much appreciated..thanks so much
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aziza
Registered: 01/12/08
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Hello everyone, I am new to this site and hope to meet and talk to other grandparents from time to time. Pattymas, We too are raising a grandchild whose mother seems to have disappeared. He has been with us for over a month and we have not heard from or seen her since Dec. 17, 2007. We are not sure what is going with her, but she is not doing the right thing by her child. We are thinking of getting custody of the child so that she can not come and disrupt his life any more than it already has been. If you don't have custody or legal guardianship of your grandchild, you may want to go that route. At least that way your dauhter can not come and take the child when she wants to. You can also try and find grandparent support groups in your area. I have found that the internet can be a useful tool in finding information about services for grandparents. I hope things work out for you and your grandchild. |
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