My playgroup, a group of 5 other women whom Cuyler and I have been meeting oce a week to play with since he was born, held a lovely shower for me last weekend at my friend Nicola's house. It was just absolutely unbelievable, all the touching and personal touches they came up with.
When one walked in the door, she was greeted with a red thread to signify our long wait for our little Ginger. They had pictures of Ginger EVERYWHERE, and the whole house was decorated with Chinese lanterns.
Before the party Nicola had emailed everyone and asked them to send her a little wish for our family, and all of these were printed out and cut out and inserted into hand-made fortune cookies by Kelly Demos. They were dipped in chocolate and red sprinkles, too! At the end of the party they presented me with the photo to right, which included all of the wishes in a lovely frame surronding the picture of Ginger. Sharolyn made that one.
At one point my friend Emmeline read the story of the red thread, about a King and Queen who had everything they wished for, but felt a stirring and tugging at their hearts that they could not account for, and so they left their kingdom in search of the source of their pain and after crossing the workd found a baby in a small village in China, who was at the other end of the threads, tugging on them.
I cried my eyes out through out the entire story. All the years of waiting and detaching myself from the outcome must have finally caught up with me! It was very touching. And, the next day I saw one of my students who was at the party and she called me a CRY BABY!
To sum it up, my family and I are just very very lucky people to have so many wonderful and cherished friends!
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