My great-aunt will be able to make the wedding! She's almost 90 years old and lives in Dublin, and she'll be flying in to come to the wedding. I am SO excited!
My grandparents convinced her to come by promising that they would fly back to Ireland with her afterwards as she hates traveling alone (she's my grandfather's older sister, so my grandparents are a little more capable of moving luggage and navigating an airport as they're a few years younger).
It's also nice as my grandfather was recently diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and this might be the last time he can take a trip home to Ireland where he grew up.
I'm really thrilled my aunt can come, and thrilled my grandfather can take another trip to Ireland. I'm humbled that they're all doing this for me. This aunt has no children, but she's always been like another grandparent to me. She also was my after-school babysitter for several years. About 5 years ago while I was bumming around Europe, I spent 2 weeks at her house. I miss her dearly, and I have been afraid that I wouldn't get FI over to Ireland soon enough to meet her (she's getting older and has health problems). It means the world to me that he'll get to meet her.
Oh! And one of my good friends is deployed currently, but he might be back on an R&R (basically a 2 week vacation from war) and he and his wife might come to the wedding.
Have you had any happy surprises with the guest list? Guests you didn't think could make it but were happy to find out they can?
