Weddings are typically emotional events. It’s a beautiful ceremony when a man and woman stand before God and their family and friends and become husband and wife. It marks the beginning of their life together. That is enough to cause most people to start bawling like a baby.
But weddings are also special because all the memories leading up to that moment come flooding back. It’s an opportunity for moms, dads, and siblings to reflect and think back on their lives and how things will never be the same in the future. It’s a “where did all the time go” situation.
As a sweet video posted on YouTube shows, grandparents also feel this way at weddings. The clip captures a “first-look” moment before a young woman’s wedding involving her grandparents. The second the grandfather sees his granddaughter in her wedding dress, he becomes a puddle of tears.
The bride walks over to her grandfather, who is so overwhelmed by the moment that he can barely speak. The two share a warm and loving embrace. The clip also features an interview with the grandfather about his thoughts and feelings at that particular moment.
“All these years that she was growing up flashed before my eyes,” he said. “And I’m looking at her, she was born – our first grandchild – thinking she’s the most beautiful baby we’ve ever saw. And then I turn around and I look, this woman is getting married. And she’s there with a wedding dress, and my mind is going 100,000 miles an hour.”
The video includes photos of the grandfather and his granddaughter as children. He mentions how one of her favorite things to do was to dress him up.
Even discussing seeing his granddaughter in her wedding dress is almost too much for him. He chokes up, recalling the moment.
Children don’t stay little for long. Parents and grandparents must cherish the moments they have with them because that time will be gone in a flash, never to be recovered again.
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