I’m 67, a widower, father and grandfather and a survivor of shingles, bad knees, periodontal disaster, hypertension and cancer, not to mention exposure to other dangers of my age and era from the Vietnam War to LSD to homophobia, the latter only because I choose to cruise these hills in the pink Miata that I
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Grandparent support and information Grandparents Raising Grandchildren Support Group Services: Drop-in support group meets twice monthly, 9-11:30am, second and fourth Wednesdays, Sonora Blood Bank conference room, 850 Sanguinetti Rd. Contact: JoAnn Pechota, Licensed Clinical Social Worker, 588-0298 AARP Grandparent Information Center Services: National and state clearinghouse of information and resources for grandparenting issues Contact: (888)
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A handful of Tuolumne County grandparents agreed to share their stories with Friends and Neighbors about “the second time around” – raising their grandchildren. Often there are complex legal, emotional and financial issues involved. Heartbreak is nearly always at the core of these situations, social workers say, but love finds a way.