Life is too short

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Tony and his daughter basically ended up telling each other they weren't in their lives any more. So sad. His brother called him and said that she was in town last weekend for a wedding. He suggested they meet up, and made Tony promise to keep his temper. He got a text on somebody else's phone that she wanted to meet at the church where his dad is buried. So we got there after texting back that we'd be a bit late due to traffic. Waited and waited. Finally got a text asking for directions. She was an hour late. When they got there, I said hi to everybody, and the grandkids said hi, but she walked right on past me. We really thought she and Tony would have a conversation, but she didn't say anything to him either. He finally asked if she was free Sunday, and she said yes she was in no hurry to leave town, so he said he'd call. Sunday he texted her after noon on the same phone. No response until much later when she said he'd texted on her daughter's phone, and that she was so mad at him at the church that she could hardly look at him because he had abandoned her in her time of need. Huh? We were clueless what this meant, since she had blocked him on Facebook, and pretty much been out of contact since. A few texts back and forth, and she claimed to have texted him many times, and he never responded. Far as he told me she texted him maybe twice after she blocked him, and he responded to her to ask how she was doing. Never got a reply. Well he told her this, and she basically responded as if she believe he was lying. They ended it up saying he could contact the grandkids whenever he wanted, but she didn't want anything to do with him. I do wish he had reached out to her more after she blocked him to find out what was going one, but at the same time, I don't think it's reasonable for her to cut off contact and expect him to be the person who reaches out. I think she owes him an apology for starting this whole thing. But the apple seems not to fall too far from the tree here. Both of them are stubborn, hot headed, and not real good at admitting that they are wrong. Sad. He has health issues, and I know she will be beside herself if he dies without them having worked it out. But I am staying out of it.