Grandparents Raising Children Support Group

This community is dedicated to grandparents who are the primary caregivers of their grandchildren. In cases where the parents are not willing or able to provide adequate care for their children, grandparents may take on the role of primary caregivers. Join the support group to find support, share your experience, and get advice from other members.

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APPLAUSE! I have been reading our discussions and recommendations and what a wonderful group of folks are here! All of grandchildren have been protected, cared for and loved by each of us and God entrusted them to us. What AWESOME people you all are! You are sharing, sacrificial, caring, and even when there are difficult times and days, you still seek to OVERCOME! Just wanted to remind everyone that you are special to me and most especially to your grandchildren~Vicki
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THANK YOU FOR REMINDING ME THAT WE ARE HERE FOR A MUCH BIGGER PURPOUS THAN JUST OURSELVES!
I LOVE MY GRANDAUGHTER, AND I KEEP REMINDING MYSELF THAT THIS IS THE ONLY LOVING, NURTURING HOME SHE HAS KNOWN. SAD AS IT IS.
I ALSO REMIND MYSELF THAT SHE WILL NOT BE 5 FOREVER! A VERY FRUSTRATING, YET ENDEARING AGE!
THANKS FOR THE REMINDER :)
WARMLY,
JERI
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yes thanks.
Even thou we allg et tired and need a break....I try to keep in mind those little ones are keeping us young to!!!
Otherwise what would I do when I go home from work....well of course a nap! Nevee a dull moment is their???
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What a beautiful post to everyone. We all have the most important people in our hearts and that's our beautiful grandchildren. Thanks for the beautiful words. I always feel better when I visit DS.
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WOW THANK YOU for that reminder. Yes its hard indeed but as grandparents what else could we do but take over and raise are grandchildren. Thanks for the pat on out backs!
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This is why I love this group! Thankyou so much, we all could use the encouragement from time to time. Bless You!
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Thank you. We ARE awesome, aren't we?? Above all else, our grandbabies must come first. They are the real victims here, not us.
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grammatj...good point, I think we feel so overloaded we forget we are not the victims, we are the childrens solution.
I know some times we feel like we are the victim, but if the egg donors and sperm donors would stand up and be realy humans or just walk away we could handle the job of parenting there children much better.
Yes we are awesome....BUT we are women!!!! (strong women)
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How true. How true. We must never forget that we are strong women and we will conquer raising grandchildren as we did raising our own children.
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