Tag: Family
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Pause Your To Do List
(Try a done list) My brain says to me: I still feel like you have a lot to do, though it’s a relief to have the wedding planning behind us. You and Raja need to do the finances. Sell or give away the jars from the wedding centerpieces. Book an Airbnb for the Mexico trip!…
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The Blinding Gift of Freedom
A spring morning in 2018 I woke up sleepy and thought I would ask my friend John if we could just do half of our usual morning running loop. (I always think, when I wake up for a run and am still 75% asleep, that I could never make it for the full run I’d…
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‘You’ve Had This Great Love All Along’
& More On Our Wedding Day When I arrived with my bridesmaids one hour before the wedding ceremony, the barn looked even more beautiful than I had expected. Our decorator had done such a good job setting it all up. The tables looked beautiful with white tablecloths, burlap runners with the little baby’s breath bouquets…
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My Long And Short Walk To The Altar
Just before our wedding ceremony last week, there was a kerfuffle up in the bridal suite, in the loft of the barn. Aren’t kerfuffles the most fun moments of family weddings? When we have kerfuffles in my (admittedly large) family, they tend to make us laugh and not stress. My little nephew had been sleeping…
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My Husband’s Surprise Gift
And why it meant so much to me Last Monday evening I knew we had plans, but I didn’t know what the plans were. I thought we were meeting up for drinks with my dear friend in Brooklyn. Raja had surprised me with a two-day trip to New York, and the Monday evening mystery appeared…
Curious Georgie 
–مرحبا سلام Thank you so much, what a lovely comment to receive! I think you’re right; we can’t always be…