Very special circumstances surrounded little Annie's dedication. I was so pleased that both grandparents were able to be a part of Aubrey's dedication, and with looking at Annie's, I just didn't think that was going to be possible. I like to have them dedicated as early as possible and with Adam's parents living in Grand Cayman and having no plans to visit until Summer, I was sorta bummed that they wouldn't be able to be a part.
Ron's mother was getting very low and ended up passing away on a Friday morning. This meant Ron and Becky would fly home that weekend to be here for the funeral. (Tickets these days are quite high, so we weren't sure both of them would be able to come.) Adam and I had planned to go to Lima that weekend to visit, and decided to go ahead as we would have all day Friday and most of the day Saturday to visit. I packed clothes only for Friday and Saturday thinking we would be returning to Cincinnati to be with his family on Saturday, Sunday, etc. On the way to Lima, we were feverishly looking for cheaper tickets so both parents could come. Finally, the thought hit me to contact the travel agent in Cayman that we had worked with (she also attended the church and her son attended the school) to see if she would be able to come up with anything cheaper than what we were finding. I was really wanting them to come because I wanted them to both see Annie as a newborn. We were about half-way to Lima and I was talking to her and it hit me that another route option would be for them to fly into Detroit where fares were cheaper a lot of times. Longer story, shorter...she found reasonable tickets flying into Detroit and back out of Dayton. I was so excited and then started thinking...we will all be in Lima on Sunday...boy, I should have brought clothes so we could have Annie dedicated with everyone there. Could we do it anyway? Could we make do with what we had taken with us? Yes, we could! I bought Adam a shirt to go with the nice jeans he had taken, Megan loaned me a tan skirt to wear with the sweater I had taken, Stephanie loaned us a pair of Allison's shoes (and an outfit that we didn't end up needing!), and Mom bought the girls not-so-dressy dresses so that we didn't look like too crazy of a family trying to dedicate this little one to God!
I was sooo thankful that God worked out all the details to give me the desire of my heart!
Ron's mother was getting very low and ended up passing away on a Friday morning. This meant Ron and Becky would fly home that weekend to be here for the funeral. (Tickets these days are quite high, so we weren't sure both of them would be able to come.) Adam and I had planned to go to Lima that weekend to visit, and decided to go ahead as we would have all day Friday and most of the day Saturday to visit. I packed clothes only for Friday and Saturday thinking we would be returning to Cincinnati to be with his family on Saturday, Sunday, etc. On the way to Lima, we were feverishly looking for cheaper tickets so both parents could come. Finally, the thought hit me to contact the travel agent in Cayman that we had worked with (she also attended the church and her son attended the school) to see if she would be able to come up with anything cheaper than what we were finding. I was really wanting them to come because I wanted them to both see Annie as a newborn. We were about half-way to Lima and I was talking to her and it hit me that another route option would be for them to fly into Detroit where fares were cheaper a lot of times. Longer story, shorter...she found reasonable tickets flying into Detroit and back out of Dayton. I was so excited and then started thinking...we will all be in Lima on Sunday...boy, I should have brought clothes so we could have Annie dedicated with everyone there. Could we do it anyway? Could we make do with what we had taken with us? Yes, we could! I bought Adam a shirt to go with the nice jeans he had taken, Megan loaned me a tan skirt to wear with the sweater I had taken, Stephanie loaned us a pair of Allison's shoes (and an outfit that we didn't end up needing!), and Mom bought the girls not-so-dressy dresses so that we didn't look like too crazy of a family trying to dedicate this little one to God!
I was sooo thankful that God worked out all the details to give me the desire of my heart!
So blessed to have my dad be able to dedicate both of my girls.
Our family.
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Sorry I'm not 6 inches taller and a hundred pounds thinner...I may have been able to help you out a little more...lol!
Haha!! You DID help me out...remember Allison/Aubrey?! :)
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