Reprinted from Psychology Today, an article by Joshua Coleman, a leading expert on marriage and relationships.
You can live with a broken heart, and you can die with one. But it’s terrible to have to do both.
An example of this is Jessica, a 67-year-old mother of Robert, 42, who divorced his father when he was 6 and raised Robert as a single parent with little support.
During COVID-19, Robert and his wife Marie moved into Jessica’s house for a year with their daughter after Robert lost his job in the restaurant business. Their daughter, Charlene, was 5 at the time.
Author summary: Estranged grandparents face unique challenges.