Jennifer Kelly's Mom
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24-Mar-2008
7:34 AM
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Hi everyone! Today is a special day not only because it's Easter but because my oldest daughter got engaged today at church. She was singing a duet with her boyfriend and afterwards he said she was his duet partner for this song but what he really wanted to ask was "would you be my duet partner for life" then got down on one knee in front of the congregation of over 300 people. WOW! Jamie was so totally surprised that he chose this time to do this but a very happy and tearful girl said yes. What a day of mixed emotions it has been for us today. Knowing that if Jenny had been here she would have been cheering her big sister on the loudest...though I could picture her with that perfect view from heaven shining down. We all went out to dinner to celebrate then the happy couple went on to his family to continue the celebration with them. (They were all at the church today to hear them sing and were able to witness the proposal as well).
After they left hubby and I headed to Jenny's site to leave a lily plant. A heart full of joy and thankfulness that God has brought happiness to our oldest again and a heart full of hope knowing that today being Easter represented the hope of an awesome reunion of all of us again some day. But till that day there is an ache in our hearts that just won't ever go away.Have any of you gone through the mixed emotions of celebrating with your surviving child only to find yourself thinking of how I'll never get to see my baby girl's engagement, or watch her walk down that isle or have her first child. She won't be here to be the maid of honor for her big sisters wedding.....like I said a day of very mixed emotions. Sharon
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