Lots to respond to and process. Have had a tough week so took a couple days off of posting on my sitch.
Some of you may remember a while ago I wrote about how my MIL has made a photo book for my daughter every year of her life so far. Last year, she made a "When D was 2" book. I was in just one picture, and she didn't use the word "mama" once. Many of the pictures in the book were ones i had taken. I was very hurt, but never mentioned anything to her.
Since then we've had a couple of heart.to hearts, met for lunch, she's told me that while she wants to remain close to me, and loves me, she cannot discuss the M with me.
Today, she sent an email to me and my WAH requesting that we send her pictures for this year's book.
I don't know what to say or do. Do I open up to her about how I felt last year? Do I STFU and just respond to her request? Do I passively aggressively send her all pictures of me and D and see what she does?
The very thought of this book-- chronicling a whole year of my D's life in which i missed out on huge chunks-- is so upsetting to me. And her email was a "it's that time of year again" kind of tone. Ouch.
I have so much work to do and feel exhausted right now. I can't think straight about this.
