When The Heart Speaks

Amy’s mum said to her she would just know when she found The One. But could it really be that simple…

- Rosemary Hayes

 

 

Amy helped her mother zip the back of her dress. “Wow, it still fits you.”

“It better, I gave up chocolate for a year to ensure it did.”

Amy glanced at the framed wedding photo on the dresser. In it, her father looked distinguished in a dark suit, her mother beautiful in the elegant cream A-line dress. Except for a shorter hair style and laughter lines, her mum looked exactly the same.

“Are all the guests here yet?” “They sure are,” said Amy. “And

Dad’s in the marquee entertaining everyone with embarrassing family anecdotes and jokes.”

“His sense of humour is what attracted me to him when we first met.”

“You haven’t grown tired of the same jokes after thirty years?” Amy teased.

Her mother turned from the mirror. “Never,” she said. “It’s not what your father says, but the expression on his face that makes me laugh each time.”

Amy glanced at the photo again. It was hard to imagine the couple not as her parents, but as Lisa and Robert from thirty years ago, two young people flirting and dating. “Mum, how did you know Dad was The One?”

“When you’re with the right person, your heart speaks.”