As well as the lavender bridesmaid dress, still immaculate with its tags remaining on it. My pals praised the irony of the circumstance in our group conversation.
While Leah described how Camille’s performance at the wedding was nothing short of a breakdown, filled with delays and miscommunications, Megan laughed, “Karma working overtime”.
As I looked at the returned garment, I saw that it had come to represent not just a relationship that had been lost but also the power I had found in advocating for myself.
I took my doctor’s advice and opted to donate the dress to a charity that gives patients receiving treatment access to formal attire rather than throwing it away. I couldn’t help but grin as the encouraging.
And supportive notes poured in. My actual friends had shown to me what was really important in spite of the broken expectations. I felt more free and genuine than I had in a long time,
even with a new haircut and a smaller money account. The most beautiful moments might sometimes arise after we have experienced our worst tragedies.
It may cost you precisely $1,200 to stand up for yourself, but it may also help you rediscover the value of true friendship, which is invaluable in and of itself.
