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The Dress

Tuesday 3 July 2012 | general

Before our wedding, K and I took ballroom dancing course classes. We learned all sorts of moves we’ve now forgotten — rumba, English waltz, Foxtrot, cha-cha, tango, and a few others. We focused especially on the waltz, for newly wedded couples are expected to have the first dance at their wedding party, and it is always a waltz. We learned some fancy steps, some turns, twirls, and all sorts of things to make us look like we knew what we were doing.

And then K chose a dress that restricted her shoulder movement, allowing her to raise her hands to just below her shoulders. Out went all the fancy moves.

Trying the Dress I

In, however, came the possibility of the smiles when K suggests to L that she try on the dress.

Your wedding dress?” she asked incredulously.

Trying the Dress II

In doing so, K created a new metric of growth and, if we remember, a new tradition.

“We can have you try this on every year to see how you grow,” K suggested.

Trying the Dress IV

Still, perhaps once is enough: seeing my little girl in a wedding dress, no matter how ill-fitting the dress and how innocent the poses, was a bit stressful to a father.

3 Comments

  1. Maja

    cuuudne to ostatnie zdjecie! i emocje!! i pomysł na fotografie, co roku!!!

  2. Papa

    What a wonderful way to plant a proper dream.

  3. Aneta

    …super pomysl na nowa tradycje, ja dzis mialam pomysl aby pokazac Szymkowi nasz film z wesela i fajnie by bylo aby co roku w rocznice slubu go ogladal razem z nami :) Usciski od nas!!!