Kay Davis:

“I’m Kay Davis and I’m a grandmother, raising my five grandchildren. I am a housekeeper, taxi driver, worker...”

WHEN KAY’S DAUGHTER-IN-LAW WENT TO REHAB, SHE AND HER HUSBAND DID WHAT MANY GRANDPARENTS WOULD DO - THEY TOOK IN ALL FIVE GIRLS. BUT THEN HE DIED, AND SHE WAS LEFT WITH A HUGE EMOTIONAL, AND FINANCIAL, BURDEN...ALONE.

Kay Davis:

“You want the best for your kid, no matter who you are, no matter how old you are.”

KAY IS NOT ALONE IN HER STRUGGLE … FOUR MILLION CHILDREN IN THIS COUNTRY ARE BEING RAISED BY THEIR GRANDPARENTS.

Reverend Michael Sutton, First United Methodist Church, Siloam Springs, Arkansas:

“I wouldn’t want anyone to go through this...but I wouldn’t take a million dollars to have missed it.”

UNITED METHODIST PASTOR MICHAEL SUTTON AND HIS WIFE ARE RAISING 12-YEAR-OLD KIA AND CARING FOR THEIR SON, MICHAEL. A 1992 CAR CRASH KILLED KIA’S MOM AND LEFT MICHAEL SERIOUSLY INJURED.

Georgianna Sutton, Pastor’s Wife:

“We became parents, and some of the other members in our church at that time became substitute grandparents.”

THE DRAMATIC TWIST OF FATE HAS MADE THEM MORE SENSITIVE TO MODERN FAMILY TYPES.

Michael Sutton:

“What I would invite and welcome is for people to say ‘Tell us about your situation.’ The more people communicate, the more they can be supportive.”

SUPPORT IS CRITICAL. STUDIES SHOW THAT KIDS RAISED BY THEIR GRANDPARENTS ARE TWICE AS LIKELY TO BE CLINICALLY DEPRESSED, AND HAVE MORE HEALTH PROBLEMS. STILL, WHAT PROBLEMS WOULD THEY HAVE IF THEIR GRANDPARENTS HADN’T STEPPED UP?

Georgianna Sutton:

“I love her and all the things that we’re going thru together.”