Sing it, Etta James

My first wedding dress experience happened on a Thursday. I walked into the salon thirty minutes before my appointment. Yes, this was the first time in my life I had been early to anything. I’ve slept through job interviews and waltzed in late to every class I’ve ever taken. I didn’t even get to see [...]

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Why is this so hard?!

I’m always on top of things. I’m really good at quickly and thoroughly completing menial tasks. So, when the idea of planning a wedding started to creep around the corner it didn’t faze me. I’ve heard horror stories about wedding planning but so far I’m enjoying it. Whitney always has good ideas but goes terminally [...]

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We just call him “Rodney”

So there we were, eating grilled cheese at 12:50 am. It was dead silent as we scarfed down our food with minimal conversation. Hearing a loud thud didn’t startle Patrick the way it startled me. In fact, he hardly even noticed until I asked him. “What the heck was that?” “Well,” he said, “it was [...]

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