A Grandma's Lament....

I'm upset...


I love dolls.... and I assumed that my one grand daughter would love them, but last year she informed me that dolls were not her favorite toy...

Hmmm... I was disappointed, but happy that she had told me. I gave up the dream of buying Sierra the American Girl doll that I wanted to get her.

Then...On this trip one of her friends came to me, "I know what Sierra wants for her birthday," she said.

Hmmm...."tell me," I responded.

" An American girl doll," said her friend.

Really...." Are you sure?" I asked.

"Yes... just like the one I have but she wants one that looks like her."

Wha hoo..... I was excited, but I felt the need to confirm this with Sierra...

Smiling..."Yes," she said. then she showed me the catalog and asked which one I felt looked the most like her. We picked the perfect doll with light hair, no bangs, and brown eyes.

"Perfect".... she said.

Perfect....I thought.

During...the 3 weeks I was there, Sierra spent hours looking at that catalog.
" I can't wait for my birthday...I can't wait for my birthday," she would say with excitement.

When I got home, Grandpa said, " Get the doll." It took 2 weeks for it to arrive, but I had it in the mail by the beginning of July. Her birthday is July 28th.
shouldn't be a problem I assured myself.

Today...Michele wrote and said the box wasn't there yet and Sierra would have to be happy with the gifts that HAVE...arrived.
They probably would not be going back to town before her birthday.


What?....I am so sad.... Another one of those times that I cannot do anything to change the situation.
If I was there or she was here...she would have the doll for her birthday... It's never easy being a long-distance grandma.

I'm upset....