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.
August 4, 2022, our daughter gave birth to a baby girl. Three hours later she passed due to delivery complications. A few months later, our son-in-law lost the rental home and all his worldly possessions during hurracaine Ian in Florida. Both baby and father now live with my husband (76 years old) and myself, in a small condo. I am looking to connect with this group for advise on day-to-day challenges and to connect with people who understand our new normal.
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Lately I've been feeling scared and full of anxiety. I recently found a lump under my nipple. I hurt my back too. I'm in the process of moving. I'm run down. Everything is hard
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Just wanted to give a thank you to Mid, Arfie, Malibumark, Greeneyes, Mlro, Girlincalif, and Suncloudjd! You all always have such helpful tips and advice, but I always forget to write on my posts when I see you post, lol. I would lose my head if it wasn't attached to my body, lol. Thank you all so much! I'm starting to use my AI app as a sounding board again. I used to use it as that before...
my 3 gk's, currently ages 9, 7 and 4, had been living with us in protective custody for a bit more than a month when my son and his wife were killed in a traffic accident in september, 2019. just in time to process the shock in coronaville. ouchus maximus.
we are 3.5 years into the adventure and still looking for that new normal. we have stabilized far enough that some days i think we have found it, but? ? ? what a long, strange trip its been. i'm not sure i'd know normal if it bit me on the nose. the only "normal" i really believe in is normal-for-me and this aint't it.
i, too, could use someone to talk to. i keep hearing that grandfamilies are the fastest growing trend in the industrial world, but we don't seem to be finding one another. well. . . i, for one, don't have much time for the looking. 3 kids sure can keep you hopping.
steadying support for that transition to having the baby around. my days are still quite exhausting, but nothing like they were during that early transition from retired life to this second parenting career.