Well, the last six months has been a very stressful experience for all of us in my household. My daughter and Grandson moved in with us back in July due to the breakup of her marriage. Things were good for quite a while until she discovered that the strangers on the internet were a lot more fun and interesting than her family was. The chat rooms stole her away from all of us and when I expressed my displeasure with it, she got very indignant with me and decided that it was time to move on. There was no longer any helping with the housework, cooking dinners, laundry, time to just sit and chat with me. Everything was neglected for the strangers that were on the other end of the computer. It makes me extremely sad to see this day. I have learned many things in the last six months that I would rather not know and feel a real sense of loss in the closeness that she and I once shared. Unfortunately for me, she cannot see all of the good I have done for her and my Grandson over the course of the last six months, only throw my past mistakes up in my face. So, she has moved into an empty apartment so she can have her way and the one who is suffering is her darling son but that is not of concern to her at the moment. One day she will realize that the mistakes we make with our children when they are young will come back to haunt us for many years to come.

So, I guess my husband and I will go about reclaiming our lives as they were before this stressing upheaval and she will go on to make her own way. I just pray that the decisions that she makes will not have too bad an impact on the innocent child who stands to be hurt the most in this situation.

Hopefully, I can get over my depression quickly and get back to doing the artwork that I so loved before all of this came about. At the moment, I just feel very old and very tired and did I mention, very sad!