It was kind of sad really.  The phone call came mid-day.  One of Francis's older sisters phoned to say that their brother Christophe's wife had just delivered a baby girl.  It was the first that anyone knew she was even pregnant.  No communication.  No opportunity to share in their joy.  Nobody praying for her through the pregnancy and particularly during the delivery.  Nothing.  It's as if they don't count.  Which frankly, they don't.  The family is mighty awful tired of this kind of treatment.  The new mother has yet to visit any of her in-laws.  She saw the ones who attended the wedding at the wedding.  Period.  What a sad state of affairs.