My FH has always admired and love his older cousin. She lives on the east coast and we're located on the west coast. I asked her a few months back if her 3 year old son would be our ring bearer. Thing is, she is expecting! (I feel bad bc I think she wanted to keep the news a little longer but bc I asked, she had to give me an answer and announce the news pre-maturely). We know that they would be here but obviously, they can't. We were thinking of adding his name in our program, "Bill Smith - ringbearer from afar".
Even before I asked her if her son could be the ring-bearer, FH said that would mean a lot to her. Her and her sisters are the forgotten cousins in their family. They were all close growing up (they were all like siblings) but she got into it with the favorite cousin or grandchild and was someone bullied out of the cousins group. So having her son being asked may have meant something to her? I don't know.
Would it be appropriate to add this in our program? Of course, we have our one ring bearer but maybe just add that note, "from afar" would imply that he wouldn't be able to make it.
EDIT: I'm just hesistant about it bc she declined, obviously, bc they couldn't be here bc she's obviously expecting but we still consider him a ring bearer, even if they're physically not here
THOUGHTS?
