[Magdalen] Dilemma

[ME Michaud]

Besides, tbose pelicans were still chicks (or whatever baby pelicans are
called).
-M


On Mon, Nov 29, 2021 at 6:53 AM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com> wrote:

> LOL! I collect pelicans, but no, I don’t plan to emulate their
> self-sacrifice!
>
> > On Nov 29, 2021, at 6:27 AM, ME Michaud <michaudme at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > Setting limits with children should end when they become adults.
> > Usually.
> > This one sounds like he just threw his rattle on the floor and is
> watching
> > to see if you'll pick it up and return it to him.
> >
> > So a big NO on this. You have responsibilities to guard your own health
> and
> > the health of parishoners.
> > Unless you're intent on becoming the pelican who shreds its own body to
> > feed its young.
> > -M
> >
> >
> >> On Sun, Nov 28, 2021 at 9:14 PM Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> Thank you for your input. I consulted my daughter about it, and she
> thinks
> >> I’m making too much of it. She said if I’m that concerned, I might not
> want
> >> to ervisit her in Florida. But she and the boys are fully vaccinated,
> and
> >> if I go inside anywhere, I’ll wear a mask. Plus, I’m driving down, not
> >> flying.
> >>
> >> I’ll just have to bite the bullet and talk to my son about it tomorrow.
> >> It’s not as simple as “my house, my rules;” this may undo our very
> fragile
> >> new detente. His reasons are political and extend to all vaccinations of
> >> any kind or any suggestion that he should wear a mask. He wouldn’t visit
> >> his dad in a nursing home because he had to wear a mask.
> >> But I am glad for your input—it basically supports my position.
> >>
> >>> On Nov 28, 2021, at 4:00 PM, Grace Cangialosi <gracecan at gmail.com>
> >> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I had a phone call from my son this morning asking if he could bring
> >> the three boys here on a Saturday in December. He has a job and can’t
> bring
> >> them. They are 16, 10, and 8. I don’t really have much for them to do
> here,
> >> but I figured maybe we could go out for pizza and maybe go to the
> community
> >> park if it’s not too cold, or to a movie.
> >>> But then I remembered that they aren’t vaccinated and won’t be. So I
> >> won’t want to take them out for lunch or to a movie. But I’m also not
> >> terribly comfortable with the idea of having them here in the house all
> >> day. I left a message with my son that we need to discuss it, but I
> haven’t
> >> heard back yet. He told me awhile ago that the whole family had COVID
> back
> >> at the beginning, so they don’t need the vaccine, but I’ve heard that
> isn’t
> >> necessarily true. I know there’s going to be a confrontation over this,
> and
> >> I’d like another opinion or two. Am I overreacting? At the very least, I
> >> will insist that they wear masks—he doesn’t believe in those, either.
> >>
>