{"id":75888,"date":"2015-10-03T07:06:18","date_gmt":"2015-10-03T11:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=75888"},"modified":"2015-10-03T11:13:11","modified_gmt":"2015-10-03T15:13:11","slug":"mother-surprises-adopted-daughter-on-wedding-day-with-letter-she-wrote-years-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/mother-surprises-adopted-daughter-on-wedding-day-with-letter-she-wrote-years-before\/","title":{"rendered":"Mother surprises adopted daughter on wedding day with letter she wrote years before"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>On Brooke\u00a0Zugg&#8217;s\u00a0wedding day, her mother Sherry Blackledge gave her a very special gift she had been saving for that occasion: a\u00a0letter, printed on a piece of her own wedding gown, which she had written to Brooke\u00a0shortly\u00a0after she and husband Craig\u00a0adopted her\u00a020 years before.<\/p>\n<p>Today <a href=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/parents\/back-school-hacks-17-ways-make-family-life-easier-t37041\">reports<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">On March 7, as Brooke dressed for her wedding, she realized that everyone had left the room besides her parents and the photographer and videographer. Blackledge handed her a beautifully wrapped present. Brooke opened it and saw her\u00a0<a id=\"itxthook4\" class=\"itxtnewhook itxthookactive\" href=\"http:\/\/www.today.com\/parents\/best-wedding-gift-daughter-gets-surprise-letter-adoptive-mom-t37361#\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span id=\"itxthook4w\" class=\"itxtrst itxtrstspan itxtnowrap itxtnewhookspan\">mom&#8217;s<\/span><\/a>\u00a0handwriting on something, but it wasn&#8217;t a piece of paper. As her mom explained the letter and how it was printed on a part of the dress, the waterworks flowed. The videographer,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thefilmpoets.com\/\">The Film Poets<\/a>, captured the whole\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/LxpXXoC0FyQ\">exchange<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1000\" height=\"563\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LxpXXoC0FyQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Brooke\u00a0Zugg&#8217;s\u00a0wedding day, her mother Sherry Blackledge gave her a very special gift she had been saving for that occasion: a\u00a0letter, printed on a piece of her own wedding gown, which she had written to Brooke\u00a0shortly\u00a0after she and husband Craig\u00a0adopted her\u00a020 years before. 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