She is standing there by the window, in my memory, but not as the grown woman in the exquisite ivory wedding gown who stands there now. As I enter the room and see my daughter, looking out expectantly for the car, a memory of another time comes forward to me so strongly…<\/p>\n
Suddenly it is thirty years before. Though dark outside, the moonlight is streaming in through the window, and my little Molly is standing in a moonbeam, face pressed against the cold glass, staring out into the snow-covered garden.<\/p>\n
\u201cLook, Daddy, the snow has come! Do you think that Santa will be able to come now?\u201d<\/p>\n
I am a younger man; stronger and surer on my feet, and I cross to the window and quickly enfold my flannel-clad princess in my arms and pick her up;<\/p>\n
\u201cYou, Mistress Molly, are supposed to be in bed. Santa won\u2019t stop by this house if little girls are wandering about trying to sneak a peek of him about his task. Come on, I\u2019ll take you back to bed and tuck you in.\u201d<\/p>\n
And then I am back in the room, and my daughter is to be a bride this day.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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