A wedding day is a very important occasion which will include a lot of memories one day. This is no different for adoptees, except maybe a few more wishful thoughts about this special day.

A young adoptee bride lost her mother at the young age of 8 years old to breast cancer. Her father went on to remarry and after some time her step mother adopted the girl and her brother. The adoptive mother picked up the pieces and became the mother that these children longed for. A relationship was forged in love while remembering the mother she had lost. In her heart she had love and room for two mothers.

When the young bride was planning for her wedding she wanted her two mothers to be part of her special occasion. She wanted to remember the mother that she loved and lost at such a young age. She wanted her mom to be part of her wedding day.

She found a way for the two moms of her life to have a special part and meaning in her wedding. She found her birth mother’s and her adoptive mother’s wedding dress, but neither one was really her style. Each dress had a part that the daughter loved. She had the idea to combine the two dresses of the two mothers she loved to make her wedding dress.

She took both dresses to a designer. Both dresses were ripped apart and parts were sewn back together to make a wedding dress for the adoptee from the two women she called Mom. The adoptee walked down the aisle with both of her moms being part of her magical day.

She felt the presence of her birth mom there with her on her wedding day. She had the time of her life dancing on the bar and made memories of a lifetime while honoring both of her mothers. She did visit her birth mother’s grave a few days after the wedding leaving a bouquet from her wedding on her mother’s grave. She found a sense of peace in moving forward in a new chapter of her life while still feeling close to the mom she lost and the mother that raised her.

More reading:

Transitions, Weddings and A Fully Open Adoption

Weddings of the Future