I found it very helpful to be able to pour out my sorrow about my daughter and three of her children who have cut off all contact with me. It is doubly sad because I am the only grandparent they have ever known. I had so much sympathy and just the odd nasty comment from somebody who obviously had no idea of what so many of us are experiencing. She suggested we must all have done something to alienate our children. She soon got told the truth and I think she left the forum, which was no loss.
My own situation has not improved, but I am always so glad to hear good news from anyone else.
My great fear is that my daughter's addiction to codeine will kill her before we are reconciled. I continue to send loving cards to her and the children but get no response. Only her oldest daughter keeps me informed about them all.
Lack of public toilets in towns.
Passports not in the drawer I always keep them in. Turning the place upside down.