They must have just finished a tiring day of wedding dress shopping. From my restaurant booth behind them, I overheard the father say to his daughter across the table, “You better eat light tonight and for that matter for the next 14 months! If you don’t, you’ll get too fat for that dress and I’m…
You have great taste in scotch and you have great taste in women.” That line, directed at my groom, probably was the best of my dad’s father of the bride speech. That speech this past spring also included a dig at how long Joel and I were friends before dating (more than a year). And…
I’m a pretty good cook and I know how to make a house look spotless. I’m looking forward to being a wife and know God has been preparing me for marriage for over a year. But I’m about 30 days away from my wedding, and I’m beginning to think I’m not ready for marriage, tying…
If you are, or ever have been, engaged, you may be aware that people you haven’t even spoken to in years come out of the woodworks to offer you “wedding inspiration”. It was the same for me, and I obliged them as they recalled details from their weddings some twenty years ago, or informed me…
There are many beautiful feelings that one can experience while dating and engaged. It’s exciting when your eyes lock with the one you love as they smile at you. It’s exhilarating when their hand brushes yours and it sends wonderful shivers down your spine. In light of all this, there was one particular feeling I…
