Well! It sounds like you have had a massive change in the dynamics of your family! And it sounds as if it is working out well for all of you. Congratulations!
It’s good to know there are silver linings in the clouds.
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I dunno whether it was a reorientation or a disorientation, but it sure didn’t get me any closer to the Orient.
The dynamics have changed a bunch for us & the kids, but we’ve a big handful keeping grandpa in line. WAY too much to explain in any detail, here. Suffice to say, if the current impasse over how much personal freedom he’s to have cannot be resolved, he will transition to a public probate conservator, which will mean NO checking accounts, NO credit cards, NO email, NO dating websites, NO internet chat, and NO APPEAL of the situation. Ever. AND, if he doesn’t chill under the imposition of that regime, he’ll be moved to a locked-down facility to keep him in check.
Right now he’s living in a comparative paradise of personal freedom and liberty, and pissing it all away.