Congrats!!! Take it slow and get to know the kids.
My younger brother passed in December of 2014 and then a woman he got pregnant in 1982 came looking for him via Facebook to get medical information. She had contacted my older brother in 2014 and he had to check her out first to see if she was on the up-and-up. By the time my older brother had assessed the situation my younger brother was gone. We took it slow learning about our new branch of the family and my mother's new grandchild and great grandchildren. And they ended up helping our other nieces, nephews and my Mom's other great grandchildren get jobs and the like. This all occurred out West.
Took a lot of exchanges of photos and the like and then also the family out west meeting the "new" members of the family.
I sent some fun post cards to kind of introduce myself to my new niece and grand niece and nephew.
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Originally Posted by jayerose
at the age of 63....I don't have grandchildren of my own and plan on marrying someone who has five of them.
We live in different states and before I meet them sometime in the future, I wanted to reach out to them by a letter introducing myself, etc.
Their previous step-grandma (passed away), it seems, did not want anything to do with them, thus keeping their grandfather to herself and away from them.
I do not want his grandchildren or their parents to believe that I will do the same.
Any suggestions?
They are all under the age of 16 so looking for something short and sweet.
thank you!
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