20 Dresses

Imagine my surprise (and delight) when Rebecca said she wanted to wear a fancy dress for the True Love Waits ceremony at church this week. I'm pretty sure that girl has not worn a dress since she was about 6 years old. Of course I would love to insert a photo here of her at that age, but that was back in the old days when film had to be developed and not just retrieved from iPhoto. So, in lieu of the fact that I don't want to dig out a scrapbook, scan the photo, etc., etc., you'll just have to imagine how cute she was.

With trepidation, we hit the mall last week. I was determined to find that girl a dress. As those of you with girls know, it is almost impossible to find a modest, presentable "church" dress to wear these days. Everything is either "too little girly" or "too big girly," if you know what I mean. So, we began...too big, too little, too shiny, too pink (say it isn't so!), too this, too that. At the end of the night, the death toll was 20 dresses. It was quite a stack, let me tell you. Of course, Rebecca would not let me photograph her in any of the "NO" dresses. And, we did find one that is really beautiful. Check back later in the week to see, for the first time in almost 7 years, Rebecca Holmes in a dress!