Grans make the cutest flower girls. Fact.
When Josh and Maggie Wakefield were planning their June 11 wedding in Gap, Pennsylvania, there were two very special ladies they wanted to be at the centre of the day – their grandmothers Drue, 74 and Joyce,
75.
So, they asked them to be flower girls.
For the bride, it was particularly poignant. After sadly losing her father to colon cancer in December 2013, it was really important to her that her dad’s parents – Grandma Joyce and Grandpa Ronald – were included in the wedding party (Grandpa Ronald walked her down the aisle).
‘She is like a second mother to me,’ Maggie told HuffPost of her special bond with her grandparents.
‘I have so many fond memories of my sister and I sleeping over at my grandmother’s house as children making homemade sugar cookies. My grandparents have been a huge support in my life and I learned to really value their opinions and stories.
‘I’m sure that my father was looking down, smiling and laughing, at his mother throwing flower petals, with his father and me following from behind.’
Joyce was ably assisted by the equally glamorous grandmother to the groom, Drue.
‘She has been a huge influence in Josh’s life,’ Maggie said. ‘She is one of the most caring, gentle and thoughtful women that I know.
‘Having our grandmothers as the flower girls meant the world to us!’
Sure, toddlers make cute flower girls. But we think these two are cuter.