Shelley is Engaged

My mother is thrilled. The older of her two grandchildren is getting married. My niece Shelley and Greg were engaged on New Year’s Eve. He asked her dad Jeff for permission to marry her, which is so old-fashioned. So sweet.

I have yet to see her ring. Greg had it designed with a diamond from his mother’s wedding ring (she is deceased), a diamond from my sister’s wedding ring to Shelley’s bio dad and a diamond from Jeff’s family. Jeff, Lee’s second husband, raised her and really is her dad. Greg had all three diamonds made into a beautiful ring. I love the sentiment. It seems and feels so right.

She is in her early 30’s and it is time. They have been together for many years; she begins her terrific new job on January 3^rd, and now she is planning a wedding. What a great way begin a new year!

I was reading her announcement to everyone on Facebook and just had to laugh out loud at one of the comments about her engagement. When he was young, Greg was a nationally placed roller skater with a room full of trophies to prove it. This was the 80’s after all. One of his photos features him in an outfit that appears to be pink. He has had to explain through the years that it was actually salmon, not pink. It has become kind of his “tag line.” One of the Facebook people asked if the bridesmaid dresses would be salmon, not pink! Funny.

I so hope that they chose a date when William is in the country. The big tour of the big group begins in March through the end of the year.

A wedding. Something to look forward to this year. 

Our best wishes to them.