My youngest son Tony married my absolutely wonderful daughter-in-law Gretchen in late September 2001 in Tiburon, CA and I remember the agony of trying to choose an appropriate dress. I chose a two-piece full-length dress with lots of texture and lace inserts at juxtaposed angles. I thought I was carrying too much weight at the time and it was loose fitting; I was also into what I called my intensely nostalgic and feminine period.
9-11 had just happened and the airports were a mess. I remember bringing the dress home but never could find it it in the closet again. In my recent re-organization of my closets, I found a black garment bag and there was that mom-of-the-groom dress. So, that's what Sophia the art mannikin is wearing this month.
At the Voluteer Luncheon today of the Palos Verdes Library District one of the librarians came up to me as she has seen Sophia on FaceBook and actually wants to come by and meet her sometime. I always assume I'm so "wierd" about Sophia, that I'm just considered eccentric. Hmm.
To put the dress and me into context, here is a photo of our family taken at that wedding in 2001.
There's the blue dress and how in the heck I look better in 2012 than I did in 2001 I don't understand, but I am grateful. My two young grandkids in this photo are now 25 and 24. Joe has married my other wonderful daughter-in-law Laura, and they have six and three-year-old sons. My ex, Ray, is now married to Diana. Tony and Gretchen now have nine and seven-year-old boys. And daughter Christy and son-in-law Lorenzo aren't together, though Lorenzo will always remain another son to me. And the blue dress now belongs to Sophia. If you looked on the back side of Sophia, you would see that I have pinned several inches of dress to accommodate her size 4 figure. Heck, I might recycle this dress again myself although I sure wouldn't choose it as a "special" dress at this point in my life.



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