(God)Father/(God)Daughter Dance

The night finally came! After snow storm Nemo caused the dance to be cancelled a few weeks ago, Uncle Henry flew back last night just to take Zoe to the dance. We felt so bad that he flew up the first time and was unable to go to the dance but, Uncle Henry promised Zoe that he would come back when the dance was rescheduled and he is a man of his word.

Zoe was so excited about the dance. Her and her girlfriends were talking about it for weeks, so much so they got in trouble at school and had a note sent home!! I’m sure none of the girls did much at school all week in anticipation for the big night.

Shelli picked up Henry at the airport and on the way back they picked up Z from school. When they got home, it was almost time to start getting ready. Z jumped in the shower and as soon as she was dried off she called me to the bathroom for me to help her get ready.  Of course she didn’t want anyone to see her before she was ready. Once Zoe was all dressed, she wanted to go through mommy’s make-up to see what color eye shadow and lip gloss she wanted to wear. The end result was pink eye shadow with glitter and pink lip-gloss. Very pretty!

The final touches were her brand new red earrings, pearl necklace, red hair bow and not one but three bracelets that Mamaw made her. Zoe had a last few looks in the mirror and exclaimed, “Now, I’m ready to go!”

Both Henry and Zoe looked amazing. They posed for a few pictures and off to dinner they went to have a bite before the dance. Words cannot describe how grateful we are that Henry came back up to take Z to the dance. We know he spent an arm and a leg but he didn’t care. He wanted to be here to take his goddaughter to her dance and that alone is priceless.

“Family isn’t always blood. It’s the people in your life who want you in theirs; the ones who accept you for who you are. The ones who would do anything to see you smile & who love you no matter what.”