One of our most memorable and treasured wedding gifts came
from a good friend of mine, Maggie; she presented the gift to me the morning of
our wedding. To say it was a special and
very sweet moment for my friend and I would be an understatement, this gift was
one that came from the heart and meant so very much to me.
Here is the story leading up to the opening of the gift and
the gift itself.
On the morning of the wedding all of the incredible women in
my wedding party joined me in a hotel suite to get ready for the big day, this
included my maid and matron of honor, bridesmaids, personal attendants, sister
in laws, flower girl, my mom, future sister in law and some other special
guests that popped in. There was a lot
of hustle and bustle, to say the least. We
all enjoyed the morning, getting hair and makeup done, the gals that are
already married sharing fun stories from their wedding day and maybe a few
little tears of joy and nerves snuck in there.
I was having a blast, this was exactly what I imagined; all of the most
important women in my life were surrounding me and I just sat back and enjoyed….not
thinking or worrying about anything.
That is, until I realized it was 10:30am and my florist hadn’t
arrived to deliver my flowers nor had anyone heard from her. Now I had the most incredible florist, she
was my 7th grade home economics teacher and I absolutely adored her
and knew I had nothing to worry about. I
was always confident that she would show up but what I realized is that I had
no contact information for her with me, ABSOLUTELY NOTHING! No home phone or cell phone and all I could
think was, “what if she got lost?” Most
of my friends and family members called me one of the most organized brides ever;
I tried to make sure I covered my entire basis as to make our day go as
smoothly as I could. So having forgot
her contact info was sort of out of character for me, I was so confident in her
I never worried or thought I’d need the number.
Long story short, she didn’t get lost, my flowers were incredible and I
ultimately should not have worried.
In order for the gals to keep my mind off my little melt
down Maggie suggested I open her gift to Andy and I. GREAT IDEA:)
She presented me with a beautiful turquoise and silver box,
I carefully opened the box and on top of the tissue paper was a poem. Maggie suggested that I read the poem out
loud. As I began to read the poem titled
“Red Letter Days”, the tears began to flow.
All of the love and happiness I felt just poured out of me as I read the
following poem aloud.
Red Letter Days
Every now and then in
life, each of us deserves a place of honor for a Red Letter Day. Enclosed in this box is a place setting to
help celebrate your special occasions.
It is my prayer that
these dishes will make many appearances throughout the years. They can be used to celebrate a milestone in
your careers or to cheer one on who is facing a challenge. They can be used to celebrate a birthday, to
recognize a goal reached, or simply to say, “I love you.”
And of course, when
the time comes, these dishes can be used to celebrate your children…when one of
them earns an A, wins a race, or does a good deed, out they can come.
My hope is that these
dishes will help you and Andy recognize and celebrate the good times ahead,
both the large and the small moments and that these moments will be many over
your years together.
In the box was a red bowl, red plate, red mug and red
napkins; this gift is something that Andy and I will cherish for years to come.
Two nights ago the table was set with one typical place
setting and one red place setting; I had received great news at work regarding
a promotion. My wonderful husband
remembered the “Red Letter Days” and set my place with the red dishes. It was so much fun to be eating off of this
setting and to know how proud my husband was of my hard work and dedication at
work.
I don’t know where Maggie found this poem, maybe she wrote
it or maybe she found it somewhere….but either way this gift was from her heart
and something that I intend to pass along to other couples in the future.
Maggie, thank you for always being the supportive wonderful
friend every woman needs! I hope our
story continues for many many years….we could already write quite the amusing
book:) Love ya lady!
Here are some photos of me opening the gift on our wedding
day, I forgot to take one of me using the dishes a couple of nights ago.
With love,
Mrs. G
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