Comments on: The Grandparents Are Coming http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-grandparents-are-coming/ Family, Health, Home and Lifestyles Thu, 03 Dec 2009 11:57:18 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: When the Weekend’s a Little Too Long http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-grandparents-are-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-563796 When the Weekend’s a Little Too Long Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:24:52 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-grandparents-are-coming/#comment-563796 [...] rupture in his schedule to have the one long weekend in early November. As Jim and I have to work, my parents visit from [...] [...] rupture in his schedule to have the one long weekend in early November. As Jim and I have to work, my parents visit from [...]

]]> By: Kristina Chew, PhD http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-grandparents-are-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-554542 Kristina Chew, PhD Wed, 05 Nov 2008 05:03:33 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-grandparents-are-coming/#comment-554542 One for my mom: <a href="http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/11/081103084050.htm">Grandmothers As Caregivers Can Cut Risk Of Childhood Injury In Half</a> One for my mom:

Grandmothers As Caregivers Can Cut Risk Of Childhood Injury In Half

]]> By: Storkdok http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-grandparents-are-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-556064 Storkdok Sun, 02 Nov 2008 12:01:37 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-grandparents-are-coming/#comment-556064 My mother is coming for three weeks in December, also from CA. My kids love it when she visits. She is coming out a little longer so she can be there for their Holiday school fests and music shows, and we are taking the kids to ride the Polar Express in NH. They love having Grandma to play with and show her special things they have made. It is hard when she leaves, we are all sad, and it is especially hard since my father died 4 years ago. The boys talk about her last visit at least once a week, even though it was a year ago. They express their anxiety about her leaving in different ways, it is something we have learned to just live through. In a way, it helps me express my sadness about her leaving, too. I have always had trouble expressing emotions, my kids have helped me learn to express them (identify them as well!). I just wish my father were here to see both my wonderful boys. He would have loved to see his last grandson (he died suddenly 2 months before my youngest was born), and he would have loved to see A blossom over the last few years like he has, in his own unique way. At least A remembers him, and I have pictures of them together. He will not be forgotten. He truly was the world's best babysitter! My mother is coming for three weeks in December, also from CA. My kids love it when she visits. She is coming out a little longer so she can be there for their Holiday school fests and music shows, and we are taking the kids to ride the Polar Express in NH. They love having Grandma to play with and show her special things they have made.

It is hard when she leaves, we are all sad, and it is especially hard since my father died 4 years ago. The boys talk about her last visit at least once a week, even though it was a year ago. They express their anxiety about her leaving in different ways, it is something we have learned to just live through. In a way, it helps me express my sadness about her leaving, too. I have always had trouble expressing emotions, my kids have helped me learn to express them (identify them as well!).

I just wish my father were here to see both my wonderful boys. He would have loved to see his last grandson (he died suddenly 2 months before my youngest was born), and he would have loved to see A blossom over the last few years like he has, in his own unique way. At least A remembers him, and I have pictures of them together. He will not be forgotten. He truly was the world’s best babysitter!

]]> By: Club 166 http://www.blisstree.com/articles/the-grandparents-are-coming/comment-page-1/#comment-559716 Club 166 Sun, 02 Nov 2008 05:10:58 +0000 http://www.autismvox.com/the-grandparents-are-coming/#comment-559716 My sister moved to another state last year. She comes to town on business several times a year, but even though her visits are not that much more infrequent than before, Buddy Boy often starts crying shortly after she arrives, because he is anticipating her leaving. Joe My sister moved to another state last year. She comes to town on business several times a year, but even though her visits are not that much more infrequent than before, Buddy Boy often starts crying shortly after she arrives, because he is anticipating her leaving.

Joe

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