Grandchildren still love their grandparents.

Yet again the children are making changes in their lives and relationships.
Two grandparents have been 'getting to know' their grandchildren again via Facebook, their grandchildren out of the blue sent them friend requests and in both cases the children are in their teens and have said that they want to see them and the slow process of healing is beginning.
In another case, an estranged daughter contacted another family member to say that her children wanted to see their grandparents, my understanding is that the grandchildren had put quite a lot of pressure on the parent over it.
Those of us who have bought up teenagers will understand the sort of pressure that may have gone on!
A neutral place to meet was arranged and the grandchildren were dropped off, the grandparent told me, that it was as though they had only been together yesterday, where as in fact they had not been in contact for 4 years.
One of the children said, " I knew things would be just the same."
Another visit was arranged  and the children are now going for weekend visits.
There was a special request via a text message " Please can we have apple crumble, as granny's crumble is the best in the world!"

Funny how, it is not the first time I have heard about food requests!

To say the grandparents concerned are thrilled would be an understatement, but they also know that it can all change at the flip of a coin, the wrong word the wrong look and it could fall apart. The difference now is that the children are older and have made their voice heard.

Jane
www.bristolgrandparentssupportgroup.co.uk