OOPS! I meant to say they will be 12 and 14 in March. Cathy

My husband and I have been raising our grandson since he was 3. He will be 5 in March. We go for custody Jan 10th. I am so grateful that I had the WLS just so I can keep up with him. He is a joy. His mother pops in occassionaly but doesn't seem to have a clue what she is missing. We prayer some day she will get straight and do right by him. I agree the legal hassles are a pain.

Hi Cathy. I have 2 grandsons and I am amazed at how much energy it takes just to babysit them from time to time for their parents! They are 4 and 8. My DH and I do a lot of tag teaming...or is it divide and conquer? Anyway, I will take one of them and my DH will take the other one, and then we'll play. After awhile, we switch off. By the time their parents come to get them, we are pooped! I really don't know how you do it, but I think it takes special people to take on the care and responsibility of raising another generation of children. I wish you well. Peg

Just wondering how many grg are out there going through this, trying to get healthy and thinner to keep up with the youngsters! We have two grandsons that we adopted 9+ years ago. We've had the older one 11 3/4 years and the younger one 11 years. They are our son's boys and are now 11 and 13. What a 'trip' it was to have two in diapers, an infant and a toddler to keep up with along with all the legal hassle and worries connected with it all!

As we were preparing (pre Hurricane Wilma) our important papers and putting them in large plastic zip lock bags my daughter showed my 5 yr. old grandson a pre-surgery picture of me. She asked the typical questions: "Do you know who this is"....His reply, "yes, it's Grandma". "Is anything different about her now?" "Yes", he replied, "She had a baby". I laughed until I cried. Got a good grandchild story????????????????? luvitsunnyv