There
is one important thing that my family is trying to resolve though – my
soon-to-be nanny. Lola will be staying with us until maybe only a week after I
come out, and then she needs to be back in the Philippines. She also has things
to do and attend there. Actually, Lola’s return to the Philippines has been
delayed for 3 months now. I am sorry about it, but Mommy and Daddy are trying
their bests to find someone to look after me and my brother while Mommy and
Daddy are at work. Mommy will be on maternity leave for 2 months when she has
given birth to me, but she also needs help when Lola is not around; more so
when she goes back to work after her leave.
My
family has encountered a couple of difficulties in their efforts to look for
Lola’s replacement in looking after my brother and eventually, me. We tried
relatives but to no avail. We had tried Mommy’s contacts who have signified
their interests, but would only commit after they know the result / outcome of
something that was of priority to them. It was like there were conflicts of
interests and that looking after my brother and me was not their main concern.
We had also tried a friend’s relative to the point that Mommy and Daddy shouldered
the expenses needed for processing of her passport so she can travel to
Singapore. We had even waited for almost 2 months for the passport to be
released as [we were told that] express or rush passport processing which only
takes a week was not available at that time. The reason being was the
passport-making machine was spoiled. Now that the passport has been released
just last week, they had given us another reason to delay their travel to June!
This is not good anymore. After all we’ve done – we promptly provided their
financial needs just so they can process the passport and we also patiently
waited for it to be released – now they are giving us another reason not to
travel yet because they failed to check on something important. Mommy and Daddy
decided that we don’t wait and count on them anymore as they don’t have a sense
of urgency and they don’t feel the magnitude and importance of having someone
to help us especially now that Mommy is giving birth to me in April and that
Lola needs to be in the Philippines also.
We
have contacted another prospect, and we are really hoping it will work out this
time. God willing, we are expecting her to be in Singapore next week…
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