Dear...

Dear Step-Grandmother,

My family let you into our lives. We never tried to shun you or hated you. It was hard seeing Grandpa with someone after Grandma passed away...but you never tried to take her place. Others weren't as opening as we were. I never got to know any of my grandparents well because I was born farther away...so you were like the grandma I got to know. I loved you like a grandma. You treated me like a granddaughter, but never expected or even asked to be called Grandma. You knew that name was reserved for someone else. I always thought that if I couldn't have my own Grandma, you were the next best thing.

Now...I don't think you considered us family at all. That you were just waiting for Grandpa to pass away. Now that he has...there's no contact. There's no acknowledgment. I treated you with nothing, but love and understanding. And we get nothing. When Grandpa died, he was my last living grandparent...and I thought well, I still have you who is like a grandmother to me. What a mistake that was. I have no grandparents left and don't consider you a part of our family anymore. This nonsense with the will...I never thought you would be that greedy and that deceiving to people who let you in with open arms.

I am so disappointed and sad in your behavior during this time. I thought you considered us and me as family...I guess I was wrong.

K