Today I sent this text to our 26 year old Granddaughter.
Update from here.......we are still alive! Yesterday after your Mom called, to wish her Dad a Happy 87th Birthday, your Grandpa asked me if she had any children. I said yes, a daughter. He said, “Oh a daughter, how old is she?” I said almost 27. He then asked, “Where does she live?” I said Texas. He then asked, “Does she ever call us?” My answer, No. You see this is what is called the Alzheimers puzzle. He tries to put things together, asks the same questions over and over again. He loves to get phone calls. I can tell he feels the love as he smiles and laughs with them. One of the Birthday calls he got yesterday was from a childhood buddy. His friend told him about the snow he had just plowed and they laughed, because his friend calls every month or so he somewhat remembers him. Not easy to see this brain robbing disease take my dear sweet wonderful husband from me and his ability to do almost anything for himself, but what hurts even more is when others already think he/we are dead. ❤️
I certainly understood the hurt of not being called. Why not just text the granddaughter and say hey your grandpa would love you to call and say hi , just for 5 minutes
The young people are busy themselves and do tend to forget family. Even parents they don’t see that much.
My children were around both sets of grandparents even though the relationship was different with each. Still there should be respect since we only have a small amount of time together. Young people are not understanding how important a little attention is for their families. That’s a shame.
Best to you
I should have added what others have said . Call your granddaughter
and put grandpa on the phone to say hi. Young people can get busy and forget .
Face time on the cell phone is another way to add a little fun.
Best to you
Your Passive Aggressive text indicates that your granddaughter should NOT reply. unless you APOLOGIZE FOR THAT HORRIBLE TEXT; the elder is technically responsible for maintaining contact, feel free to text or email your grandchild in an appropriate manner. It's not their job to initiate contact.