Another Wedding in Summer 2010

This is Marie-Anne, my second daughter and her fiancé Mathieu. Announcing another summer wedding this year.

Marie-Anne and Mathieu are getting married this summer civilly. The church wedding will follow next year.

I have the same mixed feeling as the special day approaches since I am not only losing one daughter but two.

I don't know if the word losing is the right way to express it but I can't find any more suitable term to say it.

It's still hard for me to accept that time has quickly gone by. It was just only like yesterday when Marie-Anne was born a month before the due date where I was obliged to stay in bed when I was three months pregnant. She was a normal baby by birth considering that she came in advance.

Marie-Anne as a baby was very special. She always wanted me to have her in my arms until she fall asleep. She wasn't eating much and that made me so worried that whenever she asked for food, it was a fiesta!

As she was growing up, I can say that she was very cheeky. She's very curious and loves searching for hidden gifts especially when Christmas season comes.

And Pierre, her little brother would never forgive her when she revealed that Father Christmas does not exist when he was a little boy.

Marie-Anne is very independent and she aways like to be different from others. She's very friendly and very open. She would often invite her friends to come eat at home without giving any notice. That's Marie-Anne. Very spontaneous!

Like her sister, as Marie-Anne grew up, it was not always easy to deal with her. She had adolescent crisis. Tears and heart aches were abundant. I was asking again sometimes myself if I have been a good mom to her.

But we had good moments together too....especially when going shopping together.

As I prepare myself with the thought that Marie-Anne would soon leave the family cocoon, I strongly wish her the very best. Like evey mom would wish and hope for her daughter. I know that with Mathieu, she will be happy and they will offer me beautiful grandchildren to spoil and play with.

And I am impatiently looking forward to be promoted as a "lola" and soon be called "Mamisue" by my future grandchildren. What a wonderful feeling and joy that could be.