drama of the worst kind

I sit here at 4 am because of the events of this past day, my heart is cracked all because of 3 selfish, self centered, ungrateful children that caused a riff in 3 families today. I hate texting, it causes so much hurt and damage. This time it is going to take a long time in healing.

The three children I am speaking of are my grandchildren, they came down to visit and have been here for 2 months, my great grandchild came too so there were 4. All had a bit in this play, but the 3 siblings were the ones who started this one. The one grandchild decided early on to stay at another Aunt's house, that was all good and fine, he needed to stay there to find out how a family truly works. During his stay there he had the opportunity to go to DisneyLand, he was told not to mention it to his sisters because it would cause hard feelings but to wait until he got home to Alaska, when it came time for him to return to where his sisters were staying at another Aunt's house, the first thing he did was rub it in his sisters faces and his cousin that he got to go to DisneyLand, his Aunt asked him why did he do that, when he was told he should not say anything until he went home? he said his Aunt said he could and gave a sly smile knowing he started problems, of course his other Aunt would not have told him to do this, she would not condone this behavior. I got very upset with him and told him as much and I told him that he lost all my respect for him and that I would not be able to trust him. Finish....so I thought. The next morning, my husband and myself went into town very early, all kids were sleeping when we left. I was in a good mood. When we returned home all heck broke out, Aunt of this house called me and asked if their mother (her sister) had text me wrote a very bad text using the f word in it. I check my phone and sure enough it was there, she accused me of calling her children mindless, which I never did, and just went off using the f word, which I detest. I thought it had to do with the business with my grandson causing hurt feelings with the siblings, but no, it had nothing to do with that, I still don't know all the facts. Backing up, when we got home from town and I was in a good mood, the kids were up, we had brought home a treat for them from the bakery, gave it to them, asked them to pick up the family room, get all their stuff out into the RV because we were leaving the next day to take them to the airport and to San Diego, then the oldest started in about mice stealing her finger polish, just her carring on upset me, I started to pull all the pillows off the couch, throw the trash they were suppose to have picked up and I tossed a water bottle that was not suppose to be on the couch, one of the girls walked into the bottle, I did not throw it at her and I was not picking on her, but apparentley she told her mother I was being mean to her, picking on her and threw the water bottle at her. then all the texting started with their mother accusings us all of stuff, involving her sister, then calling the other sister to have the kids go and stay over there, but I told her no, it would not be convenient for us to pick them up the next morning when we left for California, she called her sister anyway to have someone come out to pick them up, she (sister) text me and said her daughter, (my granddaughter) was coming to pick them up, I told her to tell her not too, the kids were not leaving here and that she should not get involved in this situation, I texted the granddaughter and told her not to bother coming the kids were not leaving here. She came anyway, I met her outside the front door, and told her the kids were not going with her and to go home, she told me "bullshit I am taking them" I told her no, they were not going, she raised her hand at me like she was going to hit me, shoved me, and said the F word to me and was inches from my face, I slapped her in the face, one she came at me, second she used the "F" word on me. Her grandfather came out of the house and told her to leave, I have never hit any of my grandchildren in that anger before, it has broken my heart. All of this because of 3 self centered, ungrateful, and mean spirited children and their mother dragging her sister into this mess, it could have been prevented by a phone call asking what was going on, but no she had to send out a nasty text. This has broken 3 families. Now the kids are over at the other Aunts house, their mother is adding extra expense to their return home to the tune of a thousand dollars, when we were taking them to SD to fly home in the morning. What a diaster, that all could have been prevented with a simple phone call. Now it will take a long time in healing, 3 families are adrift, and cracked hearts everywhere with flood of tears, and the 3 who started all of this will go their merry way without a thought to the damage they caused.