Do you put the mandarin oranges in the sm

• Ideas for desserts? - Memorial Day
  • DIRT PIE - oh well
  • Banana Pudding made with bananas and vanilla wafers - OldMt
    • Forgot to add - slice bananas for the layers - OldMt
  • Oldie but a goldie! sm - m
  • Paula Deen's Eclair Cake - My Favorite
    • I think I would like your frosting better.. - Gina
      • Funny you mention the frosting - My Favorite
  • Here is one of my faves..... - MT and worn out
    • YUMMY..and - Gina
      • CORRECTION... ON ICING - Gina
  • Okay, you guys have got to stop - sm - rose
    • the angel food cake - Gina
      • angel food cake with strawberries and - whipped cream..... YUM!!! nm
  • have a really good cake recipe - Gina
    • Do you put the mandarin oranges in the sm - MT in NC
      • YES.... - Gina
        • 1/2 CUP TO 2/3 CUP MILK IN ICING - Gina
    • Gina, I e-mailed you...nm - Memorial Day
      • I got your email, sent you the recipe, ... - Gina
        • Got it. - Memorial Day
  • Butterfinger pie - Happycat
    • That sounds so good. - Memorial Day

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The children's relationship with their divorced parent or extended family is very important and should always be encouraged...unless there are problems the child should not be exposed to (mental illness, drug/alcohol abuse, etc.), but you are saying children should be exposed to the girlfriend or boyfriend of the week just to be part of the life of the absent parent/grandparent.  That is not what anyone here is talking about.

When I got custody of my granddaughter, I had to go through a screening process with the state.  A background check was run on everyone in my home.  If there had been a convicted felon in the home, I would not have been able to get custody of her.  Well, the other grandmom had a habit of going to bars to pick up new boyfriends when she wore out the last one.  At the time I got custody, her current boyfriend had a felony conviction for drug trafficking.  I told her the child could continue to visit her as usual, as long as the convicted felon was not in the home during the visits.  She chose the convicted felon.  So the child lost her other grandmother and continues to mourn that loss, but it was that person's choice.  She chose the boyfriend/felon of the week over her relationship with her granddaughter.  She won't even call the child  - it's been a year.  I tried calling her a couple of times so my GD could at least say hello over the phone, but each time she told me she was "too busy" so we stopped calling.

I will NOT apologize for standing up for the best interest of the child.  It was that grandmother's choice, not mine, not the child's.

I'm sorry any child has to lose their relationship with the grandparent...and I think it was foolish of any parents to go along with grandma for having enough power over them to keep the grandchildren from seeing their grandfather.  Is that what the grandfather or the grandchildren wanted?  What a shame.