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If you’re reading this, it might be because you can’t see your grandparent right now, maybe me, or someone a little like me.
I think about you.
I care about you.
And I love you, always.
Even though I can’t be with you at the moment, you remain a bright and important part of my heart. Nothing can...
Christmas can be a magical time, unless you are an estranged grandparent. Then it can feel lonely, confusing, and sad ,you just want it to be over.
We all need to find our way through.
Christmas has a way of triggering old wounds. If you’re sad, angry, numb, or all three at once, that’s normal. Allow you...
When we face estrangement from our grandchildren, we live in hope that at some point we will be reunited.
As I have written before, reconciliation is not easy, not easy for all parties, it takes time and patience, and even when you believe you have done everything, sometimes it is not enough.
It is bad enough when a parent causes the estrangement, but it is at a...
For 17 years now, our Christmas Tree of Hope has stood in the garden here at the Bristol Grandparents Support Group, shining brightly through the winter and carrying hundreds of messages from grandparents to their grandchildren.
Each message is written on a weatherproof label using weatherproof pens, so th...
The government is taking steps to repeal ‘presumption of parental involvement’, and an end to ‘pro-contact’ within the Family Courts.
There is so much to unpick, and of course on the face of it, safeguarding all children is paramount. No child should ever have to endure any form of abuse from a parent.
I rather suspect the many thousands of non resident parents ...
