Our visits with our grandson had been reestablished and consistent, and it seemed that our relationships were moving along with our son and his girlfriend. The work I did when the initial alienation took place is now in the past. Thinking back, it was all so draining, scary, depressing, and sickening as I did the…
Category: Grandparent Alienation and Estrangement
Contact and visits with grandchildren are being cutoff and denied to Grandparents by our adult children and their spouses – a.k.a. the parents of our grandchildren. This category describes the heartbreak and agony of the estrangement, in addition to suggestions and ideas to help survive and continue living our lives until we can be reunited again.
Grandparent Alienation Awareness Day June 14, 2021
Who would have ever thought that there would be a day such as this? Never in my wildest dreams until I lost contact with my grandson. What is happening? Am I the only one? After doing a ton of research, I realized, I am absolutely not the only one and this “phenomena” is something going…
The Battle to Prove Your Grandparent Visitation Rights
As promised in my last post, I wanted to make you aware of the documents and information that our lawyer required of us to prove that we should have the right to see our grandson. To recap our situation, we raised our grandson from birth until almost 3 years old due to his parents having…
The Uphill Battle to Gain Grandparent Visitation Rights
Do you feel like you’re in an uphill battle being an alienated grandparent as you are attempting to “legally” pursue visitation with your grandchildren? Quite frankly, you are! Especially if your adult children have no “black marks” against them such as mental illness, drug and alcohol abuse, run-ins with the law, domestic violence accusations, or…
How Can I Survive Grandparent Alienation?
When my grandson was taken from us, I had no idea where he was. His mother made “a run for it” out of state and we had zero clue as to where they had gone. I was sick, literally sick, dazed, lost, and frozen with fear. We raised our grandson in our home for his…
Living as if there was no tomorrow…
I have been on hiatus from GrammaWarrior for the last month and a half, enjoying the fruits of my grandparent visitation. As part of our negotiated visits this year, we were allowed to bring our grandson back home to Arizona for a five week summer visit. The visits I am granted each year are a…
I feel so Alone…But, You’re Not!
When my situation happened in July 2017, I was in a daze, a state of confusion and heartbreak. Our grandson was suddenly taken out of state by his mother and we had no idea where they were or why this happened. I felt so alone in this situation and I felt I was one of…
I feel like I’m living in a FREAK SHOW, and I’m the FREAK!
Many times, over the past years, I have felt lost, confused, and frankly like I don’t fit in. Sure, I am almost sixty years old, a mother and a grandmother, and I come from the era of typewriters, rotary phones, Shirley Temple, and Captain Kangaroo – yet, I believe I have kept up with much…
7 Songs to Help Survive Grandparent Alienation
My Christian roots, faith, family, and friends helped me to survive my devastation in losing my grandson. Through much prayer and music, I was able to get back up again to carry on. I found comfort and hope in many songs and I would sing along with tears flowing. The Following seven songs had the…