Although my maternal grandmother, Dorothy Fey, died nearly 30 years ago, she has played a key role in her grandchildren's weddings in the years since. Thanks to my Aunt Doris, Fey brides spend their special day wearing an heirloom necklace made for my grandmother with the engagement diamonds of her mother. Grandma was the only [...]
Category: Weddings
We are family
Of the many definitions for family, we prefer the one requiring just four letters: l-o-v-e. That's the family with whom we spent this past weekend as we celebrated my sister's marriage to her longtime love, Keith. Ahead of her two flower girls, 10 junior bridesmaids preceded my sister down the aisle at her beautiful sunset-on-the-beach [...]
Singing in the rain
My sister in-law Elaine walks on the sunny side of the street wearing rose-colored glasses and sipping from a glass that is always half full. So, when clouds began to form ahead of her Florida beach wedding, Molly and I prepared to be outraged. "How could it rain on a wedding so clearly meant to be [...]
Sunrise, sunset swiftly flow the days
I saw the sun rise on a new life today. Lured by artificial light, I slipped on borrowed shoes and a dirty T-shirt and stepped out to greet the day. I can’t say it was happy to see me, as I had miscalculated the time. Slowly, though, we made amends and I enjoyed a long, [...]