Tag: Family
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Pause Your To Do 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 R need to do the finances. Sell or give away the jars from the wedding centerpieces. Book an Airbnb for the Mexico (more…)
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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 (more…)
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‘You’ve Had This Great Love All Along’
When I arrived with my bridesmaids one hour before the wedding ceremony, the barn looked even more beautiful than I had expected. (more…)
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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 (more…)
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My Husband’s Surprise Gift
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. R had surprised me with a two-day trip to New York, and the Monday evening mystery appeared to be the (more…)
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