When I imagined myself planning this wedding, years before there was even a groom to go with the bride, I pictured certain things. For one, I pictured my proud parents, presiding over a table stuffed with their siblings, and how on earth was I going to make them all fit ( Read more... )

Sometimes I think I should know when something momentous is happening. Such as -- when I am going about my normal routine in the evening, and then going to sleep, and waking up and getting ready for work... there should be some kind of inkling, some little tickle of consciousness, to tell me something out of the ordinary happened ( Read more... )