Sixteen days and I will in Indianapolis at my daughter's wedding.(Big box of kleenex crying like a baby I imagine) This year has been amazing as I watched two prepare for their live together as man and wife. It started last July with the wonderful proposal in New York City. ( How happy I was to have Gabe call and ask me for her hand. I smile now thinking of him in the rowboat in the middle of Central Park. Rowing his heart away as he really surprised Erica. I could not call her all week as I was afraid I would spoil the surprise) By August Gabe's house was on the market and they were looking to build their dream house. I was fortunate to see Erica in her wedding dress as we purchased it. I knew the dress was perfect the first time I saw her in it. The dream house took longer but soon they were in it.I tasted wedding cake in their new kitchen in May. The girls all went to Nashville  for memories and I believe their was alchol involved.(Pedal bar,broken shoes,laughter,good food,lots of country music) Gabe and his buddy's just finished up a wonderful time in Chicago. Now, today sixteen days before the wedding I found the perfect dress... the dress that Erica described she would like to see me find. Shoes followed very easily. Like my daughter, first store and first dress was the one I bought. Now we start the final days before the wedding. As a mother I think of what I wanted for my daughter as I watched her run around as a child.
 This. Simple and perfect. Her new life. Just what a this mother always dreamed for her daughter.