another royal wedding & some candles & prayers

Although I didn't know Princess Diana, I felt like I did.  Our lives paralleled.  My first husband's family (my kids' dad) was from Wales, so The Royal Family was very much a part of our lives.  We watched the Queen's Speech every Christmas Day and dinner always revolved around it.  At that time it was more important to watch the speech than it was to go to Church on Christmas. It's strange when I think about it today. Prince Charles was almost the same age as my ex-husband and I was close to the same age as Diana.  (We had a 13 year age difference.) We had both of our kids at almost the same time and their divorce happened close to the same time as mine for the same reason.   My mother-in-law talked about them often. Diana inspired me.  If John was a girl we considered naming him/her Diana.

When I got remarried I coincidently chose a dress similar to one I saw when we were at Kensington Palace in 2006. They had Diana's dresses on display. For me it was the highlight of our trip to London.

I'll be praying for her son, William  this week as he will surely miss his mother and wish she were there for the biggest day of his life.  If you watch the video at the end, it's quite interesting how his father
(Prince Charles) said when the interviewer suggested that they were in love:

"Whatever 'in love' means."

 I sure hope he is "in love" with his soon to be wife. I somehow know that's all Diana would want for her son.