05/01/2025
MY GRANDDAUGHTER SAID HER WEDDING WAS "FOR FRIENDS" AND DIDN'T INVITE ME — THEN SHE FOUND OUT WHAT I WAS GOING TO GIVE HER.
I helped raise my granddaughters, Emily and Rachel. When Emily got engaged, I paid for her custom wedding dress, stylist, makeup artist, and shoes.
The wedding date happened to fall on my birthday. It was a gift for me!
On the day, I dressed in my best. When Emily saw me, she frowned.
"Why are you dressed up?"
I smiled. "For the wedding, sweetheart."
"Wait — you think you're coming? You never got an invite. That wasn't a mistake."
I stood there, stunned.
"It's for friends. Loud, fun, young. I didn't want someone... ruin this vibe, you know."
Rachel jumped up.
"She raised you, helped you with the wedding!"
Emily shrugged.
"That doesn't mean she gets to crash it."
Rachel took my hand.
"Come on, Grandma. You don't deserve this."
She missed the wedding and took me to dinner — candles, soft music — and gave me a small box with a vintage locket I once admired, with our photo inside.
"Thank you for raising us. I haven't forgotten."
I cried. Then I whispered,
"I had a wedding gift for Emily. I want you to have it instead."
When she found out what it was, she looked shocked. "Grandma, no — you..."
I smiled. "It's yours."
The next morning, Emily burst into my house, still in her robe, mascara running.
"WHERE'S MY WEDDING GIFT?! YOU... YOU JUST GAVE IT TO HER?!" ⬇️