Long story short, my daughter and her partner asked me to look after my grandaughters when she went back to work following maternity leave. The first lock down coincided with her return to work. They wanted me to move in with them but we're unable to provide a bed or space of my own. I said that I'd stay while my daughter was at work but I'd go home in between. I took this to be a reasonable solution that would come under the "unable to work from home" rules of lock down. However they had other ideas. They insisted I stay in definately. I shared a bed with my granddaughter and whilst it was beautiful waking up to her little nose pressed against mine and her saying "I love you grandma" sharing a bed with a 2 year old, bed wetting, dervish (her parents acknowledge she has night terrors) soon takes its toll. Daughter and partner became increasingly abusive (gaslighting) and it culminated in my daughter assaulting me. At this point I fled. She went to the police and tried to take out an injunction against me but couldn't without having me arrested. I consulted the police and as a result she was cautioned for assault. She sent a very nasty message telling me that they would have nothing further to do with me. I've sent her a birthday card which was returned to me for mothers day. It's been a year since I held my granddaughters. I used to spend a lot of time with them. I was even present at the eldests birth. The pain of missing them all is breaking my heart. What can I do?
Shall we reboot our cartoons thread again? 😁