Good-Bye.....

I have been pretty quiet lately, not whining about my in-laws and all that crap that goes along with them. Quit a bit has happened since I last mentioned them on Boxing Day, but I didn't want to blog about "them " and me being done with the family.

Long storey short.....I had enough, and told the whole lot of them that "I am done with this family" and left. I know, I know, real nice. Dw attempted a few times to fill in the blanks for them, but they would would not respond. Finally, we got them to agree to us going to a meeting at their house so we could try and fix things. I will spare you the drama of it all. We thought it went well and that the family could work on mending things. Ummm, no go! Two days later Dw's mom calls to chew him abut about a few points that she stewed over for forty-eight hours and would not listen to anything he had to say. I in-turned fired off an email to correct her on a few things that she could not see (I also CC'd it to my sister in-law). Needless to say it has been two weeks and there has been no contact. To boot, every-time I sign into MSN, they all of a sudden appear away. Whatever. This blog is my Goodbye letter to them, the one they will never receive but the one I must write.

Dear @#$%^ and @#$%^

WE are truly sorry that think=gs have had to come to this. When we went to speak with you, we truly thought that things might get better. Unfortunately, that is not the case. I write this with sadness but no regret. You have failed to put your feelings for US aside and are now going to miss out on two truly wonderful young men. You will never be able to experience the full joy these two can bring. You will not watch them grow-up nor mature. You have failed to express any thing toward our sons since. We would never have stopped you or stepped in the way, but you never even so much as tried. I am sure by now you're yelling at eh computer and saying "They never called us", but they are 9 & 12, you're the adults. We aren't even sure if the magnitude of this loss has fully impacted on you or even if you care.
We know, that through various channels, you have been able to know what is going on in our lives, yet you have done nothing . YOU have a grandson that has to have a growth removed from his chest and yet you choose to hold grudges and stay bitter instead of trying to reach out to make sure he is ok or in isn't in need of something. Your character has shone through brightly for us to see. We will forever look forward but we will not forget that it was us who tried and it you who washed there hands.

Us.