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| The love birds |
The Background -
My
daughter Kimberly recently got engaged to her longtime boyfriend - and best
friend - Chris on the sacred island of Cozumel in Mexico.
I know what you're thinking: "Wow, great news! "You must be so
excited and looking forward to planning the wedding of her dreams!"
Ordinarily
you'd be right however, this promises to be no "ordinary" wedding planning experience -
especially for the mother and father of the proposed bride.
And
while it's definitely a very happy occasion, there should be no reason for me to
draw a deep sigh from the core of my soul and shudder about the logistics of
planning a wedding which will inevitably include guests from around the world -
in a far-flung destination nowhere near where the bride, groom - or their
parents - live.
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| My glory days with Pan Am |
After
growing up around the globe, thanks to my dad's career with a multi-national
company and later roaming the world as a Pan Am "stewardess" as we
were known in those days (don't ask "which" days), I married yet
another multi-national businessman, which landed me in South America, followed
by nearly 20 years in Mexico City - where I was married and where my two
daughters were born.
Kimberly lived there till the age of 17 when her dad and I
divorced and I took her - along with her then-15-year-old sister Monique -
kicking and screaming to live in the "good ole USA" and exposed them to
a totally different culture and set of rules. I could write the proverbial book
on that nightmare experience, but suffice it to say, we all survived and
actually remained close!
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| Mexico City's signature Angel |
Fortunately,
my girls were able to return often to Mexico, where they maintained their
bi-cultural experience, and luckily my ex husband Jack and I have managed to
remain friends - probably even better than before.
Because of my career as a travel writer, both my daughters and grandson have had access to a host of travel opportunities and practically grew up on cruise ships including: Disney, Princess, Viking, NCL, Holland America - and others - so it's no wonder that travel is in our collective bloodstreams.
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| New Year's Eve on board Holland America ms Westerdam |
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Looking
back on Kimberly's Hotel, Restaurant, Travel Administration degree from UMass
Amherst and study abroad in Oxford, England - followed by an amazing career
at Hyatt Hotels and Resorts, Meliá Hotel and Resorts and Saks Fifth Ave's
flagship Manhattan store in sales and marketing - is it any wonder that a global citizen with an insatiable wanderlust was born?
The
fact that she went on to launch her own very successful Runaway Bride Destination Weddings and became an expert wedding
planner and the proverbial frosting on the wedding cake - should make
planning her own wedding a
"snap" - right?
Time
will tell on that score and I invite you to accompany me on what promises to be
an incredible - and possibly terror-fraught journey!
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