Glitter & Glue: The Next Generation

I must say that this year so far is bringing a lot of major life cycle events to light and it is really pretty freak'n cool. This August my nephew Eric will be getting married to his fiance Elizabeth in California where they both live. The following July will be Jamie's wedding to her fiance Gordon and two months after that in September my 1st born baby boy will become a bar mitzvah!!! It is really awesome to know that such exciting and happy events are about to unfold over the next two years. I would also be remiss as a good Jewish mom if I didn't throw in the possibility of a new baby coming into the family after having two weddings take place. Are you kvelling yet? I totally am!!

So, today I embarked on an entirely new experience. I went wedding dress shopping with my niece!! It was me, her mom, her mother-in-law to be and her matron of honor. I totally felt like I was on an episode of Say Yes to the Dress. Luckily I have seen a plethora of episodes so I felt pretty well prepared on the do's and don'ts of assisting the bride to be on her choice of gown. I did my very best to read her her expressions and wait for her to say how she felt about the dress before opening up my mouth and giving my opinion. The good news is that are tastes aren't too far (which I can't decide if that's a good thing or a bad thing since she's 24 and I'm 40). Two hours later and a narrowing down to 3 choices, we had a winner!! Turned out to be the first dress she tried on!

We have a new generation of family members taking part in adult rites of passage and it feels like a whole new world to me. The last time I was in a wedding dress shop was to purchase my own wedding gown 13 years ago. Now here I am watching my then 11 year old niece prepare herself to walk down the aisle and recite her vows to her soon to be husband. On one level it feels like the twilight zone but on another level it is really cool and exciting. I love my niece deeply and it is truly wonderful to be able to share in such important life events. It really makes me feel special. Another totally freak'n fantastic thing is that I gave Jamie my headpiece from my wedding to wear and she is going to combine it with the veil from her mom's wedding dress!! <3 <3

Moments like these make being a grown up not such a bad thing. Watching the torches get passed down to a new generation of family members is really awesome. Aren't these the things that we look forward to as we grow up, grow old and move forward in life??? Of course with that being said I have absolutely no fucking idea how the hell I am going to hold my shit together at any of these events!!! Honestly, I am going to be one hot mess and I don't think there is enough waterproof makeup in all of Sephora to keep me together!!! Well, like I always say...it is what it is. I guess I wouldn't be me if I didn't I didn't lose my shit and cry to the point of hyperventilating. Surprisingly I did not shed a tear at the wedding dress trials today which only means that I"M TOTALLY GOING TO LOSE MY SHIT AT THE WEDDING!!!!! Fuckers!!! I guess I'll start researching waterproof makeup now!!!

Tootles
Ro