After many weeks of putting off another entry I find it necessary to update where our lives are right now.
On a day in May I received a call from Adam, Madison's boyfriend. He nervously asked when JW would be home and I told him around 4. He then asked if it was ok if he came to talk to the two of us. As the parents of a daughter you assume that this day will come. Little did we know how fast time would fly and how soon that day would arrive at our house.
Adam arrived at our house and as we sat on the porch, he asked so sweetly for our permission to ask Madi to marry him. Adam has found a special place in our hearts in the past few years. We see the happiness he brings to Madison and know that their love is genuine. JW's quick reply was, "NO!", but he quickly had a smile that said the opposite. Adam had known about a special ring that belonged to my mother that he wanted to give to Madi. We made a trip to see Gee and he fell in love with the ring.
This was only the beginning of a long wait between that day and the appointed day he had chosen to propose to her. The day he came to ask us was opening night of our spring production, Dearly Departed and the Friday before Mother's Day. Madison had recently received the news that she had once again lost her job at AHS. My heart was heavy knowing that, but the simple knowledge of what was about to take place seemed to make it all better.
When Adam left us that day to go back to Charlotte, JW looked at me with tears in his eyes and said, "My baby is getting married". It was like her whole lifetime passed in front of me within a few minutes and the little girl that made her way into the world after being 3 weeks overdue and 18+ hours of hard labor had grown into a young woman in the blink of an eye. It seemed like only yesterday that I watched as her daddy danced around the delivery room exclaiming, "I have a baby girl, I have a baby girl". In that moment I played the song he had chosen (on the way home from the hospital with her) as their first dance song and we danced in the kitchen...as we often do. We were both speechless in those moments, but I knew exactly what he was thinking. We could not have picked a better person for our Madi. Adam is her magical prince who makes her eyes shine and fills her heart. We are blessed beyond measure and I can now say that for Mother's Day 2011 I received a new son.
Our journey toward the wedding has begun. Now stand back and watch her dance. It will be a magical ride
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