more than a month .........

More than a month has past since my last post. Not sure if anyone is even glancing at the spewing of my life. It helps me, that's the important part.

My granddaughter was hospitalized for a month. They feel the medication she was on was causing the behavior. She came home 5 days before school started. She hasn't had any of the violent episodes since she's been back, but the defiance and opposition are still there in full force.

My daughter has a long road ahead of her. Not only does she have to deal with all the problems with her daughter, her son is the focus of a custody struggle. Her ex only wants custody of her son, not both kids. He thinks that if they each have custody of one child, no one will have to pay child support, and has told the boy that is the only reason his mother wants custody, to get child support!!! My daughter and I tried to explain to him that the child support his father would pay doesn't begin to cover the cost of raising a child. His father was ordered in the past to pay $75 a week, and to a ten year old, $300 a month seems like a fortune. We tried to show him the cost of clothes, food, housing, recreational activities, and all the other things involved in raising a child.

I suppose if I posted more often, I wouldn't feel the need to write such a long note! I am closing now, hope to get on more now that school is in session.