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Kansas City residents Artie Jablonski and her husband, Ed, say their 9-year-old granddaughter, Phylicia, keeps them young. They ferry her to piano and gymnastics lessons, basketball and volleyball games, and Camp Fire USA programs.
“She is like the Energizer Bunny. She keeps us going,” Artie, 63, said.
It hasn’t been easy. They took Phylicia in as a toddler after her mother died and her father battled cancer. Along the way there were numerous legal and financial hoops to jump through to gain custody, arrange for her to receive her mother’s death benefits and add her to their insurance. They didn’t know where to turn for advice.