When my son said his grandpa wasn’t welcome at his birthday party, I thought he was just being dramatic. Kids get moody, right? But the weird crumpled drawing I found in his backpack told a different story. I immediately called my dad that night… with questions I never imagined asking.
Nothing knocks the air out of your chest like your kid telling you he doesn’t want your dad at his birthday party. I’m Melinda, 35, a proud Navy wife, and mom to the most imaginative, sugar-obsessed, party-planning seven-year-old on the planet.
And last Tuesday, he broke my heart a little…
I was setting the table, juggling work emails on my phone and scooting puzzle pieces off the edge of the couch with my foot when my son James (Jammy to everyone who loves him) meticulously color-coded his birthday invitation list.
“So, who’s on your guest list this year, Mr. Planner?” I asked, grinning. “The Avengers? The Paw Patrol gang? Your entire class again?”
He looked up from his coloring book with a frown that didn’t belong on a kid’s face. “Everyone… except Grandpa.”
I blinked. “What? You mean… Grandpa Billy?”
“Yes.”
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