Recently we have had a rash of weddings
to go to. The majority of these have been
weddings of our friend’s children. Most recently
the flower girl- all grown up and a Pediatric Neurologist, from my own wedding became
engaged, and I was able to sneak a peek at the wedding dress. To top
it off, last night, my high school aged daughter attended her first wedding without
us. Accompanying her boyfriend to a
family wedding, she came home with tales of first dances and garters being
thrown, while visions of white dresses danced in head.
And I too dream of white
dresses: hoping that as she enters adulthood, that one day, she will marry the
man of her dreams. It is my hope that, that special someone is able to love her
for all her idiosyncrasies, and challenges that many internationally adopted
children deal with. All the while praying
that she gets the happily ever after that she deserves.
But for today, she’s still my little
girl, and we've still got a few more years of Prom and Homecoming dresses to
shop for before we start shopping for the white one; and that’s too soon for
me.
Labels: Family, Mom's, Parenting, Parenting Teens, Positive Words
