Dominican Dilemma

Happy Monday Everyone. Sorry I was absent on my page for a week, I was out of the country on vacation. I went to the Dominican Republic for my cousins wedding. The wedding was beautiful and I am so happy for my cousin! I am happy I was included and was able to be their to see the perfect ceremony my cousin has always dreamed of, but the vacation itself wasn't so much the vacation I hoped it would be. We had a lot more obstacles and problems than I ever thought. I'll explain to all of you guys what happened just so you all know what I mean.

My 88 year old Nana (this is what I call my grandma) (who just turned 89 yesterday.) fell down at our hotel on vacation. She ended up breaking her hip and wrist because of this accident. We had to send her home earlier than planned and she had to miss the wedding. She was heart broken of course and so were all of my family, including myself. My Nana is very close to my cousin and to see her have to leave before her wedding was very devastating but before my Nana did have to leave she got a surprise. The night before she flew back home, my cousin and her new husband, decided to have a small ceremony in the hotel room where we were staying just for my grandma. Tears streaming down her cheeks and smile on her face, you couldn't help but feel heartache. They were of course happy tears because she did get to see her granddaughter get married, but she didn't want to leave and miss the real wedding. The most important thing though was my grandmas health and we had to get that worked out before anything. My mom went home early with her as well on the flight. She was very upset and heart broken that she had to miss the wedding as well, but she knew what she needed to do and did her best. My whole family stayed strong together to make sure the wedding came together and most importantly made sure my grandma was taken care of. She and my mother got home safely thank god and my Nana had to get surgery. On top of her falling and missing the wedding, she had to get her surgery on her birthday. It has just been one thing after another and I wish I could turn back time to change it all, but unfortunately everything happens for a reason, even though half the time I don't understand why things happen. All in all the surgery went well and she will be okay, the surgery was half the battle and now we all just have to continue so support her so she can get through the rest of it.

Here are some pictures of the wedding, and some pictures of my family & my Nana. I would like to dedicate this post to her & would like to say Happy Birthday. We all love you so much, stay strong.

XOXO FourBiddenFashion