Dear Amy: I am a new mom with two 1-year-old babies.
My wife and I love being moms, but I am pretty heartsick that due to the pandemic, none of my family members have met our fast-growing babies in person.
For the first year, I took this in stride and assumed that visits would be possible in 2021 â after vaccinations.
We are an eight-hour flight away from our family, and driving is not possible.
I donât feel comfortable taking our unmasked babies on a long flight (safety-wise).
However, my family members are either unwilling to vaccinate, or are vaccinated, but with no plans to visit.
Guam s mayors announce village news for May 9, 2021
Pacific Daily News
ALL VILLAGES
Report threats to fish and wildlife such as illegal hunting, fishing, or forest fires to 864-TOKA (8652) a 24/7 hotline.
Report suspicious activity to the Guam Police Department. Call your mayor’s office to join a neighborhood watch program in your village.
If you have information that can solve a crime, call the Crime Stoppers’ hotline at 477-HELP (4357) or submit a tip to http://guam.crimestoppersweb.com. You can remain anonymous. Tips that lead to an arrest and conviction may earn you a cash reward.
Visit your mayor’s office to update residential information. Call for required documents. The head of household must be present to make changes.
Dear Amy: My roommate âBartâ and I are mostly on great terms with one another, but a few times a month, he and I go through a frustrating routine.
It usually starts with me casually expressing my opinion on something, during the course of an otherwise normal conversation.
If he disagrees, he gets angry and curses at me. I ask him if we can talk about it, and then he storms off, doesnât talk to me for days, and then, when heâs ready, heâll start talking to me again.
Iâm enabling his behavior by dropping the subject and letting him think itâs OK if he mistreats me in this way.
Dear Amy: In March of 2020, right before the pandemic hit, I got married.
I was considered a Bridezilla, I disagree; I was just very set on planning my own wedding with my husband, and we didnât want or take othersâ suggestions.
I have seen my own family and friends settle for what those around them wanted instead of what they wanted.
As I was planning my wedding, my two best friends since junior high school made it very clear what I should or shouldnât do.
I was very clear with them that my husband and I were planning our wedding together, without any other input, although as we were planning, I would offer certain information about what we were planning.
Amy: My husband and I recently welcomed our first child.
On my side of the extended family, our baby son (âSamuelâ) is the fifth grandchild, but on my husbandâs side, he is the first.
I am trying to be sensitive to the excitement and extra attention a first grandchild receives.
My mother-in-law, âJoan,â has been to our house for a visit of a weekâs duration each month since Samâs birth. Each time she visits, I am more hesitant to welcome her back.
Joan is blatantly disregarding the parenting strategy my husband and I have adopted in favor of her own techniques. She does this against our specific instructions and without discussion.