After a month apart, our family was reunited in early September when Pat returned from Doha to attend my brother, John's, and his fiancee, Lucy's, wedding on September 4th. It was a whirlwind final week with all of the wonderful wedding festivities - spa day with Lucy and her bridal party, tuxedo fitting for Carter, and my big responsibility - THE CAKE!!! It was a dream wedding. A dream to finally see them tie the knot, to see my brother so happy, to see Carter in his tiny tux and Maryn in her sweet dress and the wonderful chance to celebrate with so many loved ones. Thanks John and Lucy for planning your beautiful and special day so that we could also say our farewells to so many people at once!
We spent our final nights staying with the West-side Desbarats - Andrew, Shauna, Ella and Lily. They graciously let us take over their dining room with our many suitcases and all of the final odds and ends we were trying to stuff into them. Oh the chaos! But by 6:30 on Thursday evening all the bags were zipped shut and loaded into the two mini-vans that would transport us to the airport for our 10:45 p.m. flight to Abu Dhabi, UAE.
The Final Farewell came in two phases. The first at Andrew & Shauna's where we gave Shauna, Ella and Lily our final hugs.
That was not easy!!
Mema, Andrew, Gammy and Papa were our designated airport entourage, helping us load, unload and check our 7 suitcases, 2 of which had to be re-packed at the counter because they were over the weight allowance! The attendants were very kind and understanding, knowing we were moving and cut us a bit of slack on a couple of those bags too.
The stakes are high, but the possibilities are endless. For all of us. Thank you to all who love us, who've supported us and who've made us into the kind of people who can take these kinds of risks. Next stop: Doha!!
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