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I have a nasty headache this morning. I don't think it's a migraine. I think it's weather related. Yesterday we had our first local gentle snowfall. I was rooted firmly in the seat of denial that winter was on it's way, but it kind of just smacked me in the face. And today it's wet but milder and I think the pressure changes are playing games with my head. I do seem to finally be kicking this cold and that's certainly made sleeping a bit more comfortable.
Sent a Christmas card and a $50 gift card off to my father in law yesterday. I am half expecting it to be returned to sender. It put the return address as Matt & Ben Laprade for that reason. I am hoping that he'll see it's a gift from his grandsons and accept it. Swear to God if the man takes this out on his grandsons and ignores them at Christmas time because he's upset with hubby....I'll lose it. I'm all for the boys continuing to have a relationship with their grandfather (kids deserve to know their grandparents). I won't try to influence them one way or another. They can make up their own mind about him.
I don't know though. If he ignores them at Christmas time and doesn't send a present.... I've wondered if I should buy something for them and wrap it up and put it under the tree from him. Just so they won't know that he ignored them. I don't want them hurt. Hubby understands but says that I shouldn't shield them from it. He says that if I'm determined to let them make up their own mind about their grandfather then I should let them do so. But still... I just don't want them hurt. It's one thing to have to deal with that as an adult like hubby and I are doing, but to put that on 12 and 13 year old seems awful.
What do you think? Should I put something under the tree from the man or should I let it be and let the kids start to see what type of a man their grandfather really is
Sent a Christmas card and a $50 gift card off to my father in law yesterday. I am half expecting it to be returned to sender. It put the return address as Matt & Ben Laprade for that reason. I am hoping that he'll see it's a gift from his grandsons and accept it. Swear to God if the man takes this out on his grandsons and ignores them at Christmas time because he's upset with hubby....I'll lose it. I'm all for the boys continuing to have a relationship with their grandfather (kids deserve to know their grandparents). I won't try to influence them one way or another. They can make up their own mind about him.
I don't know though. If he ignores them at Christmas time and doesn't send a present.... I've wondered if I should buy something for them and wrap it up and put it under the tree from him. Just so they won't know that he ignored them. I don't want them hurt. Hubby understands but says that I shouldn't shield them from it. He says that if I'm determined to let them make up their own mind about their grandfather then I should let them do so. But still... I just don't want them hurt. It's one thing to have to deal with that as an adult like hubby and I are doing, but to put that on 12 and 13 year old seems awful.
What do you think? Should I put something under the tree from the man or should I let it be and let the kids start to see what type of a man their grandfather really is