The Comeback

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch is reporting that sure-fire Hall of Fame Flower Girl Ellie Viox is coming out of retirement today to participate in her Godmother Julie Viox's wedding.  There had been speculation of this for some time.  In the end, it was an offer she couldn't refuse.  Both sides of the wedding party are led by all-Pro caliber participants.  Most importantly though, it was a chance to be able to lead the best young ring bearer (Joey Viox) to come along in years.  Many predict he has the chance to participate in a record number of weddings given his wonderful smile and exuberant demeanor.

As a side note, Maureen Dempsey (bride of Ellie's most memorable flower girl wedding and cousin of the current bride) is rumored to be furious with Ellie's decision.  To make it worse, Maureen is a current bridesmaid in this wedding where she will half to just sit back and watch as her former flower girl lights up the church.  While half of the relatives are just happy to see Ellie still in the game, the other half can barely stand to watch.  Ellie is quoted as saying "Having (Maureen) in the wedding had nothing to do with my decision.  Some of my best smiles were in Maureen's wedding and I will always be her flower girl.  However, I still enjoy the feeling you can only get at a wedding.  This does nothing to diminish what I did in her wedding."  At age 7,  many experts feel she may be too old, but she said, "If I didn't feel I could still perform, I wouldn't be back."