I know I am just asking for trouble because she is, and has always been, in denial about her own mental health issues and we have always been at odds because of it. The thing is, I have a son who will be 3 in November and he has no other living grandparents, and I have been feeling guilty about not having anyone to call grandma/grandpa. Also, I have been so wiped out from the medication changes that I am desperate to have anyone else to play with him so I use what little energy I do have to get some things done.

So, we talked this week and it was cordial, but as it turns out, she now apparently has an aversion to driving more than short distances (we are an hour away), so I don't know how it's going to play out. I have a 19 year old daughter who is appalled that I re-established contact and wants nothing to do with her. I have a brother who also cut all ties less than a year ago after our mother went off on his wife about who she(my mother) wanted invited to their daughter's christening and said things that were beyond horrendous.

I don't know why I keep thinking that she will mellow with age. She is 63 now and it looks like she is gonna ride this denial train all the way to the grave...lol