My best friends daughter married her long time boyfriend today. They have been in love for 12 years. (No one can accuse them of jumping into this marital bliss thing!)
Her friends used their cell phones to take pictures for those of us who couldn't attend. (Lovin' this 21st century!) I met her mother (and much needed best friend back in 1985) It was the height of Princess Diana and the Paparazzi's total love affair with her.) We were working in the church library together at that time. I called her and told her I couldn't come in on the wedding day because I was getting up at 3 a.m. to watch all that was happening over in England. Oh how I loved the whole thing. All the pomp and ceremony……and that first public kiss.
Many years later, I sat on the fountain in front waiting for the opportunity to see the Royal Family(Diana was separated from Charles) come out to greet the public. We waited for hours out there. I saw the Queen! (and all the lesser Royals) Diana's boys were so young back then. The Queen was turning 70 at that time…………
Anyway, I digress, Kerry was always with her mom (and other adults) so she was a kid in which you could sit and have a real conversation. We called her my adopted daughter. I remember when she got her first bra and she will kill me when she reads this! She gave this grown-ass woman her very first Barbie Doll. :-) I introduced her to the Ballet and we both collected our favorite dancers toe shoes. Then we would get on the phone and discuss the shoes and try to figure out where the injuries were. They would leave pieces of brown paper toweling in the toes of the shoes and other things used to make them more comfortable. Oh those were the days……………….We LOVED our worn out toe shoes.
I took her and her BFF to one of the Disney movies that they were bringing back to the theater for a brief time, and before the movie they were showing R rated previews that were totally unsuitable for little girls of 10. I read the management the riot act for doing that. It didn't make sense to me because it was a theater filled with little kids!
Anyway, I just wanted to acknowledge her special day………I wish you nothing but joy my friend. I miss your mom but I know God lifted the curtain up there and gave her a chance to see her little girl on her big day. God is love, and he would want her to see her daughter, I just know this in my heart.
