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Mar
24
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 When you are in your fifties or sixties or even older and you take on the life-altering responsibility of raising your grandchild, life gets tough. Time for yourself or with your spouse is not easy to find. You tire more easily and sometimes feel like you have less patience. You may be on a limited budget. And the grandchild you’re rasing may have medical problems or be a troubled adolescent.
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Archive for the ‘Other Non Traditional Families’ Category
Blog Posts by Nicole Roswell
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Sep
17
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Madeline is in fifth grade. I was taking her to school and, while backing out the driveway, I thought how beautiful the peonies looked, soft raspberry petals with a cream colored middle, still moist from the rain the night before. Inspiration hit:  ”Why not take a flower to your English teacher,” I ask Madeline, “it would be nice to share them.” (And it wouldn’t hurt to go along with the email I just sent her teacher that this month’s reading log is lost, I thought to myself.) | |||
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Jul
02
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No empty nesting for us! After twenty-six years of diapers, kindergarten, homework, first loves, heartbreaks, loud cars that were continually breaking down, college tuition, and weddings for our four children, my husband and I were ready for some down time, some alone time, and just plain fun time. That was not to be. Instead, we are raising our 11-year-old granddaughter.
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Apr
14
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Last week, Torry Hansen sent her 7-year-old adopted Russian son to Moscow with a note that said, “I no longer wish to parent this child.” She stated that the child, Artyom Savelyev, was “mentally unstable, violent and has severe psychopathic issues” and that for the safety of her friends, family and herself, she was sending him back.
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Nov
06
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Grandparents in Lagos, Florida are fighting to keep their 6 year-old grand daughter Kimberly from being evicted from their retirement community.
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