What's this blog all about?

This is a new blog (December 2018) to allow the expression of pent up feelings and shared responses to being grandparents who for one reason or another feel that their role is not as they'd hoped it would be.

If you are disgruntled in your role as a grandparent, and I certainly am, then probably some disappointed thoughts occur every single day and this blog is aimed at allowing an outlet and a forum for sharing these thoughts and experiences and, hopefully, ultimately, sharing strategies for achieving some greater satisfaction with our grown children and their offspring.

What do you think?

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