If she wasn’t planning weddings or helping with newborn grandchildren, she was being called upon for some other thing. It seemed that Annie Ruth’s marriage opened up the floodgate for weddings. Dallace was the next. Her wedding set the stage for Nellie Grace. As soon as she got back to New York from attending Dallace’s wedding, Nell called home. “I’m in love, Mama, and I want to get married. Please say it’s all right,” she said. Mae Lee gave her permission and she was married the next day. It all reminded Mae Lee of the time she’d asked her mama’s permission to get married. Nellie Grace was a computer specialist, and off on her own, yet she’d asked, though what she might have done if Mae Lee had objected was another matter. In a way, it was all kind of nice for Mae Lee. She enjoyed the fuss her new sons-in-law made over her. Finally there came a year when Mae Lee and Ellabelle had nothing to make plans and get ready for. And though they openly expressed their relief, inwardly they felt a little deprived.
