I spent months crocheting my 8-year-old daughter’s flower girl dress, only to find it ripped apart on my wedding morning. My future MIL admitted she’d destroyed it because Lily “wasn’t our blood.” I thought she’d ruined our day—until my groom picked up a microphone in front of 200 guests.
All 200 guests had taken their seats at our wedding reception.
Then my husband picked up the mic.
He turned to his mother.
Ida was about to learn that Glen wasn’t going to let her get away with destroying my daughter’s flower girl dress.
My husband picked up the mic.
“Mom, would you please look down at your feet? There’s something waiting beside your chair.”
Ida smiled.
Then she looked down.
“How could you do this to me?”
Her scream echoed through the hall.
“There’s something waiting beside your chair.”
Standing there in my wedding dress, I couldn’t help thinking about how everything had turned around in just a few days.
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The living room was lit only by the bright glow of the overhead light.
My fingers moved through the last stitches of fine white crochet.
For months I had been crocheting this flower girl dress for my eight-year-old daughter.
Everything had turned around in just a few days.
I’d worked tiny shell stitches into the crochet thread.
I added little flowers to the skirt and a scalloped edge along the sleeves and hem.
Now it was finally finished.
Every stitch carried a wish that this wedding would give Lily the family she deserved.
“Mommy, is it done? Is it really done?”
Lily bounced onto the couch beside me.
Every stitch carried a wish
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