New member Fairyqueen

[Fairyqueen]

Hello Avo. Thank you for the welcome. Very pleased to meet you. You sound like you have a wonderful life with your 4 beautiful grandchildren. A Motorhome must be brilliant for getting out and about - especially with the current restrictions. I am just learning to crochet and I have promised my grand daughters blankets for their dolls! I have been to Portugal a couple of times and loved it. 😊

[Gemini]

Lovely new avatar Fairyqueen

[Plantaholic]

Hi Fairy Queen, I am the senior member, being over 80. I have live in an annexe joined to my DD, Sil and 4 GC for about 20 years and watched them grow up. I also have 2 GGC, a boy who is 3 and a girl who is 11 months and another expected in Jan. My son and his wife live about 20 mins away and they have 2 sons 21 and 18. I lost my OH 7 years ago. I try and keep active with aqua, bowls, (not at the moment of course) I knit and sew and do a lot of gardening. Looking forward to hearing from you.

[Avo]

I don’t get on here as much as some of the ladies.... I mean to but life gets in the way, but it doesn’t matter the ladies here are very happy to see me when I appear! 🤣

[Gemini]

We are Avo
Daily, weekly or less often, we love our members input!

[Oma]

Always lovely to see you Avo

[Fairyqueen]

Hi plantaholic good to meet you. A great granny as well! You sound like you have a lovely life surrounded by your family and little ones. I was a Nursery Nurse and a play leader in a previous life. I’m drawn to babies like bees to honey! Hope to hear more from you! X

[Gemini]

FQ, I was a playgroup leader, creche worker, and classroom assistant for many years! I find it does help with looking after GC as it's just more of the same (with smaller numbers and more love )

[Fairyqueen]

Wow ditto Gemini. I loved my job and yes it does help! 😊 I’ve never been happier since my girls arrived!

[Gemini]

I know how you feel FQ, I'm sure we all do!

When my granddaughter arrived, almost 11 years ago and made me a Grandma, the love was overwhelming

[Clover]

Hello Fairyqueen and welcome.

I live in Wales but was born in England. My GD is 18 (and has had a very trying year with none of the usual end of school events, birthday celebrations or any of the social things 18 year olds like to do,). She has just passed her driving test and with excellent A level results is soon off to Uni. Her brother is 15 and has Asperger’s .They live near London so see them only rarely.

I became a widow in April but everyone on here has been so kind and supportive. No one judges and if there are different opinions we just beg to differ and move on.

I’m sure you’ll soon find your way around.

[WeeGranny]

Hi FQ and welcome! I'm granny to an almost 14 year old grandson who belongs to my DD.They live about an hour and three quarters away so don't see them as often as I'd like. They live near Plant, so I have been able to meet up with her on a few occasions in between our annual meet up ( sadly not this year though). My DS seems to prefer dogs to children, so I'd be very surprised if I have any more grandchildren!!!
We are just back from a week in Suffolk with the family which was lovely.
Having a bit of a rough time with OH's health at the moment, so I'm not on here every day, but I 'lurk' so I keep up to date with all the gossip.
Which part of the country are you in? Most members seem to be 'Oop North'!

[Fairyqueen]

Thank you for the welcome clover. I’m so sorry to hear about your loss. I hope you are feeling better. It’s tough isn’t it? Good news regarding your grand daughters A levels it’s been a hard year for students and hopefully a can only get better. I love Wales and have been many times. My husbands granny lived in Rhyl for years so have many happy memories. Hope to chat to you some more. 😊

[Gemini]

FQ, you join us at rather a sad time for many of our members.
Not only do we all have to cope with this whole new world we find ourselves in, but several members have sadnesses of their own.
Glammanana lost her husband several months ago, Clover in April and Enfys very recently. All these ladies are extremely courageous, and had such lovely husbands. Our forum members have been here to offer as much support as we could. As well as that Oma's dear brother passed away fairly suddenly, and Daisy's son was poorly. He's home now and awaiting more results from tests. As is WG's son in law.
My 91 year old mum also became ill and unable to care for herself early in lockdown and had to go into a care home. Last week was the first time I had been allowed to see her in 4 months.
Today would have been the birthday of one of our lovely members who died very suddenly in her early 60s, just over a year ago. Sadly missed by us all, and especially Plantaholic and Sum1Ls, who were close friends of hers.


However, it's not all doom and gloom here. Far from it! I just thought it would fill you in on a few things.

[Fairyqueen]

Hello WeeGranny many thanks for your welcome and pleased to meet you. A week in Suffolk sounds lovely with your family. I’m a Northern Lass from Manchester. I am really sorry to hear about your Husbands health. It’s horrible coping with health issues and I hope he improves soon. Take care and hope to chat again.