Sorry it has been so long since my last post. Between job hunting and taking care of Anastasia it's been a crazy time! Then suddenly Anastasia decided she didn't want to sleep through the night or in her crib! Thankfully this week she has finally gone back to where she was.
So I'm hoping that when I share this on Facebook I do this right, there are a couple of people who almost ruined Anastasia's baptism for us one of which is on my friends list and I don't care to hear from them until they call my husband and apologize.
So how exactly do you deal with relatives who live far away? Anastasia's paternal grandmother lives almost 2000 miles away from us. She was supposed to come for the baptism, but ran into travel issues and no showed us. Very upsetting for us, especially my husband, who had gotten his hopes up that she would be there to see her grandchild for the first time. I know finances played a partial role in this, and unfortunately with my non work situation we could not help.
The thing is we made the arrangements in April, actually the day I was released from the hospital about when she would be baptized, and then told her. That was almost 5 months prior. I can't help but be mad about it.
The worst thing about it, my biggest fear about having a child was knowing that this distance would affect us. We have yet to hear from her-it's been over 3 weeks. We didn't even hear from her that she wasn't coming. (That is another story that I will not go into on here).
So are there any other mothers who have to deal with their childrens grandparents or even aunts and uncle living so far away? How do you explain it to your children when they are disappointed by them. I am lucky that Anastasia is only 6 months old and didn't really comprehend what happened. But sooner or later I know another let down will come and she will be old enough to be as hurt (if not more) by the actions.
Thank you for your help, and also allowing me to vent without going into too many details!
Blessings to you all!
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