I've just celebrated another 'first'!

Yesterday I went to my first ever Bridal Shower! I have managed to live in the States for eleven years, and have never been to one before. I have nothing to compare it with. I don't know what everyone else's experience with Bridal Showers are, but I was very pleased with my first experience of one.

The beautiful Bride-to-be was Patience Decker and we met at the home of Pat Dinges in Skokie. It was a beautiful day, the food was wonderful, the company more so, and fun was had by all. As the presents were opened we (like the Good Fairies in Sleeping Beauty) gave her a wish for the future - I felt I needed a magic wand - but God is actually more reliable so I managed without. My wish for the happy couple was that they should never lose their sense of adventure - no matter how many children they have. I think of Nehemiah and his team rebuilding the walls of Jerusalem with swords in their hands, and imagine Patience and Brian Pederson, her intended, building church with babies on their hips ...! Who needs two hands anyway?

One comment made was that we should hold Showers to celebrate anniversaries - that sounds like a good idea. We could do with some decent sheets, and our twentieth anniversary is this September. Really? really! - can't really believe it's been that long, but that's what the certificate says so it must be true!

Another 'first' this week - not for me, but for Esther - as well as graduating Haven Middle School (photos to follow), she has dyed her hair black. The rule was 'no dying of hair until out of middle school' - and now she's making the most of the lifting of the hair coloring restrictions. It's been done twice already due to an unevenness in color the first time. I am sure we shall go through the full selection of shades and I will try and photograph as many as I can!