My mother-in-law seemed to age overnight when she turned 60. She claimed she was too tired to help with our newborn, but when her daughter had a baby, she suddenly became energetic and full of life. When my husband realized the truth, we were left heartbroken and disappointed.
My grandpa remarried after my grandma passed away, and now he won’t talk to any of us. What should we do?
Our grandpa, Nathan, is 70 years old and has always been the patriarch of our family. We respected him deeply and always valued his guidance. That was the case until recently. Nathan and our grandma, Claire, had been married for over forty years, raising two children—our parents—and nurturing three grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. We thought we were a close-knit family until everything changed after grandma passed away.
Despite everything, I always felt sympathy for her. There was something otherworldly about her. She never liked to work, yet she spent money extravagantly.
