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You know I really like Chris and Kyle Massey.
I was watching them on one of those Halloween themed compilation shows, the "Ten Scariest Movie Moments" or something like that, and they were funny, and engaging, and kind of genuine.
So I feel badly for them to be saddled with the deadwood that is Bristol Palin. I mean talk about baggage!
I also have virtually NO interest in monitoring this show, which is sad because I imagine the Masseys are probably pretty entertaining on their own.
However I do know at least two people who will watch every single episode and probably tape them to watch over and over again.
And that is Sherry and Mercede Johnston, who will watch just to get a glimpse of little Tripp, who they have virtually had no contact with this last year.
The last time Sherry saw Tripp, he did not even know who she was, and it damn near broke her heart.
To me, regardless of the issues you might have with your ex (Or his sister), keeping a child away from his grandmother, especially while you are living in the same town, is simply inexcusable.
My mother and father were divorced when I was five years old. At the time my mom was only twenty years old, not that much older than Bristol was when she and Levi split up. My mother made a point of taking us up to see my grandmother, my father's mother, EVERY SINGLE Sunday until we were in our teens.
My dad cheated on my Mom, but she NEVER said a bad word about him in front of her children, and NEVER deprived us of contact with his side of the family.
When my grandmother became elderly, and was on her last days, she named my mother as the executor of her will. And after Grandma's passing my father flew up, and he and my mother, working together, made sure that my Grandmother's wishes were respected, selling off her assets while making sure to distribute the money to the relatives named in her will.
My Grandmother never had to worry about how her grandchildren were doing, because she knew.
And when I had a little girl of my own, do you know who I took her to visit on a regular basis? And let me tell you that her great grandmother's eyes would light up when we arrived, despite her failing health, and difficulty getting around. I swear my daughter added at least ten years to my grandmother's life.
Sherry deserves that kind of relationship as well. Rarely have I met somebody as sweet and loving as Sherry Johnston, and everyday that Tripp is deprived of her love is a sad in his little life.
I hope that Bristol gets over her anger and allows Tripp to be with the people that love him. Because that is what a truly caring parent would choose to do, NOT force them to sit huddled in front of a television waiting for any fleeting glimpse of their grandchild/nephew.
