I am a grandma!

Well, after talking to my friends boys I feel much better.  Seems I am not the only person she has done this to.  So sad, she alienated her boys, hardly saw her grandsons.  I just spent the day with one of the grandchildren and he was absolutely delightful.  She has missed out on a lot and all her own fault. Sad that someone can have the attitude that they must control everything and end up driving so many people away because of it.  I heard her stories, then her sons told me the other side of things.  She was wrong.  You don't tell your children that their choice of a mate (life partner) is wrong and try to break them up.  How sad.  You only end up pushing them farther away.  I have not always agreed with my son's choices, but they were his choices, and he had to learn.   Which he did. I just hope she has found peace now.  Lord knows she was her own worst enemy in life. TTFN.

I have had the opportunity to hold and play with Cheryl's 5-month old grandson this week.  Too bad that her relationship with her boys was such that they moved so far away.   What a delightful baby.  All smiles and giggles.  Too bad she is missing out on this. Her boys are wonderful.  They wrote up the most fantastic obit for her.  Sad that they couldn't say all that to her while she was still alive.  Just goes to show you.  She was the type that wouldn't tell you what was going on, but then got mad when you didn't ask what was wrong. Oh, well.  Funeral on Sunday.  Life will be different from now on.  RIP Cheryl.  I hope you find the happiness you didn't find here. TTFN.

A friend of over 30 years died recently.  I was so angry that she hadn't told me anything of what was going on.  We were good friends until just before she left for Guatamala to see her grandson being born.  When she got back, she shut me out completely.  Then I found out through rumor that she had died.   Well, I found out tonight the reason she cut me off. She had been dealing with heart problems for a couple of years now. I am guessing when she got back from Guatamala, it was discovered she had kidney problems also. She left for Guatamala just after I had my psycho neighbor arrested. Apparently, when she got back, she confided in a mutual friend that we hadn't paid enough attention to her when she was so fragile. She decided she couldn't deal with my drama any more so cut me off completely, even though at that time it was over. So, my neighbor threatening to kill me and terrorizing me for months was supposed to be flipped off so we could gather around her and say