Oops!!.......I think I've dropped the rope!!

[Silent Chrleader]

Well, I held my sweet baby grand-daughter today. She was awake and alert and then fell asleep on me. That's what life is all about!

S17 and his GF went with me to see her. GF got to hold her too. S17 and D24 seemed to connect pretty well and not bicker, which was really beautiful for me to see!!

Unbeknownst to me, H had bought flowers and put them in the back of the car for S17 to give them to D24. I asked S17 if he knew what was in the card, and he said that H had put in put in something like he wish her well with the baby, but that she still owed our whole family an apology........S17 said that he had "tried to talk H out of it". I debated not giving her the card, but then figured it wasn't my place to intervene. So, S17 gave her the flowers, but when she opened it, it just said that he wished her the best. So, S17 was sort of proud of himself because he "must have done better at reasoning with Dad than he thought".

S17 told D24 that even though H is behaving like a child, that doesn't mean she has to stoop to his level, and that she should at least make the first step and call H if for no other reason than because he should see his grand-daughter. But he also told her he understood if she didn't, because H is a real jacka**. I don't know if she'll call. But, it's not my problem. Both my kids love me and know I love them with all my heart, and we are a family all on our own!!!

And I got to meet Fiance's parents tonight. Very nice people! Fiance has a 4 year old little brother who is autistic. [Remember D24 is high functioning autistic]. They seem to have really welcomed D24 and now GD into their family, for which I am profoundly grateful. I am ashamed to say that when they invited us for dinner in the past, H has refused. He want's nothing to do with D24's "people". {i.e. low income, low class people who are "beneath" him). Actually I think he feels the way he does because he was raised in a family of 8 kids that never had money and were on welfare......and it has come out in C that always felt inferior and wants to distance himself from that lifestyle in any way he can.

D24 told me something I hadn't realized. My grand-daughter was born on the 1 year anniversary of the bomb!! How appropriate is that! I hadn't remember the exact day actually, but D24 always remembers stuff like that. D24 told me that now I can remember it as a good day. She's right!