Choose NOW: Caleb or The President

An invitation came today: “Sherry and I are pleased to invite you to an evening with our very special guest, President George W. Bush on Friday, May 18th at our home in Richmond, Virginia. The purpose of the evening is to support the Republican Party of Virginia. Space is extremely limited for this event, so I encourage you to call XY at XY number as soon as possible to get more details and confirm your attendance...” Thoughts swirl in my head. Can we? We must! The President! Can we?? We cannot!! Caleb!!!

The realization hits me that not only do we not have a dependable babysitter, but we’ve never left our baby with this non-existent babysitter, or anyone else for that matter, for ANY amount of time before, much less for many hours. And even if we DID have a babysitter, there’s that small problem of breastfeeding. I can’t exactly be running off for 6+ hours without nursing my baby during that time! The drive alone is several hours. Impossible. And we don’t have days to decide. We must decide NOW or forfeit our place to some other hopeful. These events fill quickly. Impossible.

But the President! At someone’s HOUSE!

We cannot go. Our only hope is that they will keep sending us these invitations and someday, once there’s no baby in OUR house, we’ll be able to attend these types of events once again. Caleb, sweetie, if you ever read this, just KNOW what we gave up for you!