"He Could Have Danced All Night"

At my son's wedding a few week's ago my granddaughter Genna served as flower girl, and what a beautiful flower girl she was! She had a new dress that was just the right combination of little girl and sophisticated child; plus she had Shirley Temple curls put in her beautiful red hair. Was she stunning? You bet!

She took her flower girl duties very seriously too. When she came down the aisle she came at a slow pace and she strewed (is that a word?) the petals equally to the right and to the left. And the entire time she kept a splendid smile on her face.

Before the wedding Genna, who is five, was talking to her younger brother Walker, who is three, about her duties and how important they were to the overall success of the nuptials. She went on and on about it and then added, "You know Walker, you really don't have anything to do in the wedding."

Now she didn't mean to be mean to him. Rather she was just making a statement of fact. But her Nana overheard the conversation and immediately went in to tell Walker he was going to escort her down the aisle. Which meant I stumbled along behind the two of them.

Being Nana's escort also meant Walker had to have, make that HAD TO HAVE, a tuxedo - a Tommy Hilfiger tuxedo. At first I said no way, and then I gave in. And in truth he did look great in it. Walker is the kind of kid who looks great in everything he wears. Clothes just hang on him the right way. I could spend a trillion dollars on clothes and they would just be clothes. But Walker can put on anything from jeans to sweat pants and he looks like a fashion plate.

He looked great at the wedding but it was at the reception he really came alive. His tuxedo shoes were too tight so he took them off, and then he hit the dance floor. He was a whirling dervish of rhythm and showed some moves we had not seen before. I think Nellie, his nanny, has been letting him watch "Soul Train" because he had some moves that didn't come from the cotillion.

He was one of the first on the dance floor and he was one of the last to leave. He virtually could have danced all night. Oh if I only had his energy.

Watching Genna and Walker grow up is going to be such a treat. Each day is a new adventure and each time I see them they have something new to report. I hope they get to have all the enjoyment the world has to offer and in the words of Lee Ann Womack "I hope they dance!"

 

 

 

 

 

©2005 Jackie K. Cooper

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