I figured Aunt Karen gave this gift because of already knowing the story
behind it, but she didn't. All she knew was the perfect coincidence of
name (as she happened to pass the shop on a side road while heading to a wedding in a nearby town). This is what I shared with her in an email after we received the
gift..."The first time my parents met yours they traveled out to the
east
coast and stayed at a place in Peterborough, NH. Winter of 2006/2007, I
think. We ended up touring around the town and saw the chocolate
shop. I was drawn to it because I've always liked the name Ava, and
with my middle name being Marie we thought it was just too cute. My mom
and Rob knew that I was in love with the name. The shop was really
"sweet" :) Then, in the summer/fall of 2008, after we were married and
moved to Colorado, my mom saw an article on the chocolate shop in a
magazine at the doctor's office (if you can believe it!). She pulled
out the article and mailed it to me, which I've kept for all these years
:)
And, that's the story of how in at least one way I knew we were destined to have a little girl :)" |
