It really hits when I see pictures of her with my grandkids (4.5 year old and 5 month old baby) knowing that I’m not able to build that same kind of relationship with them. Thank goodness for video chat, and I do talk on the phone with the older one several times a week, plus my daughter nearly daily.
I’ve tried to get them to move to my area where they could easily afford to buy a nice big house (hubby works at home so could relocate) but they seem stuck on inaction. They rent a duplex from his mom who charges them a fraction of what she could get on the open market… I say she’s subsidizing their rent as a control to keep them there, but I keep that thought to myself. She is a rather controlling person, but that’s neither here nor there.
