Happy Shower sweet Jillian~
We love you so much!
A Lovely Feeling
Maybe it makes me a total geek, but I swear, having a big bag of the most scrumptious, soft, fluffy Caron yarn…
well…it makes my heart pound right out of my chest. In fact, I get a little endorphin rush every time I walk past it, and see it all just sitting there, waiting for me to do something with it.
No, it didn’t take long. I fell into the smooth wavy ripple again, only this time, the project is twice the size as the last one. A grown-up blanket that needs to be finished before a certain girly-girl does that…wedding thing.
So, along with all the lists and assignments and check marks and schedules and crazy excitement that comes with a daughter getting married, this gift of mama-love has a ticking clock attached to it.
Lucky for me the peaceful, soothing rhythm–the waves of 4 up and 4 down, over and over, times a million–make this the perfect de-stressing therapy for my silly little soul.
So, in those taking-a-break moments—and sometimes they are just moments–you can be sure that this pretty thing will be in my hands, warming my lap, not to mention my heart.
After all, it’s for my baby girl.
And I have a schedule to keep.
Finding The Dress
Ooooh, there’s something so magical about sitting on that poofy couch–watching your daughter, your baby daughter, try on one beautiful white dress after another.
Swishing past so you can touch it if you want to.
Walking a straight line just to see if the train trails behind just perfectly…as it should.
With a sash around the middle…
…or a satin ribbon?
Will it be the flowered veil, or a simple one with tiny sparkles? Decisions, decisions.
Then flouncing back to the dressing room to try another one.
And in the end our dear little bride-to-be chose the dress that made her feel most like a princess from her favorite fairy tale…as we knew she would.
Happily, I’m truly just along for the ride because the perfect dress for the biggest day in her life simply MUST be her choice. The one that feels right and makes all the searching…just stop.
The dress of her dreams.
*****
Fear not~I didn’t actually show you the one that she picked, because that would be…well, just wrong. Besides, we couldn’t risk Prince Charming getting snoopy, now could we?
~The Very Moment~
:}
The Fitting Of The Slipper
Yep–it’s for real. My little–or not so little–Jillian is engaged. Mr. Charming asked her to marry him and run away to his castle to live happily ever after.
She said yes.
Looks like the glass slipper fits just perfectly.
Oh, such happy things ahead for them…
for all of us.
Welcome Mr. Charming.
What a lovely world.