Sunday, April 17, 2005
This is why I don't have any hair
We had a little get together for Maddie's birthday yesterday. It was awesome to see everyone and even more exciting to have people who haven't met Maddie to finally meet her. One of the, if not THE highlights was reuniting Brooke and Maddie for the first time since we left China.
For those who didn't know, Brooke was Maddie's 'roommate' in the orphange in China. Sheira and I traveled with Brooke's parents Joe and Tammy. They really made the trip fun and entertaining. We wouldn't have imagined going through the experience with anyone else.
Anyway...with all these people who have yet to meet Maddie we wanted to make sure that she got to spend time with them, to see them, be held by them, etc. What I hear is that my parents constantly asking to hold her and wonder when it will be their turn to hold her. I think what I can't understand is...why didn't they understand that this party wasn't about THEM spending time with Maddie but Maddie getting to meet many other people? In the nicest way I can say this (sometimes that is my problem...always trying to say 'the right thing' or 'the nice thing') is do they know that it's not always about them?
Please...tell me someone else understand this before I totally lose my cool with them and my mind because of them.
For those who didn't know, Brooke was Maddie's 'roommate' in the orphange in China. Sheira and I traveled with Brooke's parents Joe and Tammy. They really made the trip fun and entertaining. We wouldn't have imagined going through the experience with anyone else.
Anyway...with all these people who have yet to meet Maddie we wanted to make sure that she got to spend time with them, to see them, be held by them, etc. What I hear is that my parents constantly asking to hold her and wonder when it will be their turn to hold her. I think what I can't understand is...why didn't they understand that this party wasn't about THEM spending time with Maddie but Maddie getting to meet many other people? In the nicest way I can say this (sometimes that is my problem...always trying to say 'the right thing' or 'the nice thing') is do they know that it's not always about them?
Please...tell me someone else understand this before I totally lose my cool with them and my mind because of them.
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Unless someone else has shared the link with them I don't believe so. Even if they do read this...the topic is not something that I haven't discussed with them at some point or will do so in the future.
Of course it's not about your parents. It's about your parents' granddaughter.
Therein is the trouble. It's not about your child. It's not about Maddie. It's about your parents' granddaughter.
They've got a... well, a unique claim on the girl that pre-empts sharing her or other people's relationships with her.
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Therein is the trouble. It's not about your child. It's not about Maddie. It's about your parents' granddaughter.
They've got a... well, a unique claim on the girl that pre-empts sharing her or other people's relationships with her.
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