My two year separation from my grandchildren has ended! Thanks to their older and independent older sister (who doesn’t believe in throw-away people,) I have spent this weekend reunited with her siblings! They have let down all barriers and set the past aside amid many hugs and much celebration.
The problem began with their mother, my step-daughter, and that remains unresolved. But I have promised these two as I did the older daughter, that I will make no comment to them that is critical of their mom. I did this voluntarily.
Tonight I attended one child’s high school graduation. Tomorrow I will take her to lunch and we will have a long, long afternoon of letting our hair down. She was the only baby that I ever bonded with. (I didn’t have a chance with the others as babies.) So she is very special. But I love them all more than I can ever describe. (I take back what I said about the cicada invasion being just desserts.)
My cup runneth over!