howdy lisa,
we have had grandmonkey most of his life. for his first 8 months and off and on until a little over 2 years ago when his mother dropped him off while i was doing laundry. he and i came out of the laundry room and heard her car pull away.
this christmas will be 2 years since he has seen her. he doesn't remember her.
the custody has been a pain because i didn't file abandonment on her right away. now we can't do that or the state will take him from US. dumb huh? she moves around, so trying to have her served has been impossible. we are also dealing with the issue of trying to find his bio father, so we don't have to hire an attorney adlitem ( sp) for him.