Location problems are solved!

God works in amazing and totally surprising ways sometimes, eh?

As I posted before, Jake and I have been having some problems our wedding/reception venue. We had originally planned to have it at our church, but they added a Saturday evening service which means no Saturday weddings. This threw everything into a spin because, without a venue, we couldn't make any plans.

Of course, like any good bride, I had a bit of a freak out about it. But Jake and Adrienne both assured me that everything would be fine.

"God will totally work it out," said Adrienne.

So, I began praying about it and just continually putting it in God's hands, having faith that He would work something out.

Monday I was at work and walked down the street to the Broadway Grille for lunch .... something I very rarely do. I'm brown-bag-it kinda girl. I walk into the Broadway and see Patricia Polacco, a famed children's book author who lives here in Union City. There she was, sitting all by herself waiting for her posse ... which hardly ever happens. She always has people with her at lunch.

I've interviewed Patricia on the phone before, but have never actually met her in person. She is, however, a big fan of Jake's family. Jake's grandpa, John Soncrant, owns Hensley's Variety Store here in town. Patricia wrote a book about John and the store called "Something About Hensley's."

So, there's Patricia sitting by herself, and she says hi to me. So, I say hi back and realize that I should probably introduce myself. I walk over to her table and introduce myself as the editor for the Union City Clarion and we start chatting. She asked me where I was from and I said Tekonsha, but that I'm engaged to John's grandson. So she starts going on about how much she loves his family.

Then, she asked me when and where Jake and I are getting married. I told her we were having problems figuring out a place
and she says "Why don't you just get married in my yard?"


I was absolutley astounded! Here's this famous children's book author inviting me to get married in her unbelievable beautiful lawn! THEN, she offered her Gaw Centre for the Arts as a reception venue! I couldn't believe it!! And, she's doing it all for free!!!



So, needless to say, Jake and I will be getting married Saturday, 1 August, 2009, at Meteor Ridge Farm, the home of Patricia Polacco.





Adrienne was right :-)

To learn more about Patricia Polacco, please visit her website.