Me Myself and I

The wedding is over. It was amazing. The brides looked beautiful, the registrar was a giggle, the venue was dusted with snow and looked perfect. We drank, we ate, we chatted and chuckled. Speeches were made, eyes watered a little. The cake was delicious, and the dancing was....interesting. A man and a guitar provided good music and the bridesmaids were immaculate in blue.    What a day, exhausting, emotional and bloody brilliant. Our daughters have grown and flown. Now it's just me and himself, my best friend and true love. I am so incredibly lucky.

A rather fabulous bit of news was delivered to us on Christmas day, We are going to be grandparents! Delighted doesn't even begin to describe the feelings running through my head.  Oh, the joy of having something small and cute to cuddle......that you can hand back if it wails or poops! Eldest and her lovely husband are starting on the best journey in the world, exhausting and challenging but also huge fun and very rewarding. Our new game is to come up with the worst baby names, Donald seems rather current.    In other news, it's less than a week until the youngest daughter ties the knot! I can't wait to see her and her lovely lady become Mrs and Mrs, it's rather good to live in an age when you choose a partner that you love, rather than one society deems suitable.  My heart goes out to all the generations who had to make do with the choice the law allowed them, or to spend life alone or hidden. The wedding plans are well advanced ( thankfully daughter-in-law-to-be ...