During our ceremony, a cell phone went off as the priest was addressing the congregation. How rude! It was hard not to let it disrupt the flow of the ceremony. Even worse, it turned out that the phone belonged to my husband’s father, a highly paid business executive, who was sitting in the front pew. He not only let the phone ring and ring and ring, but he
For a zillion reasons, my future sister-in-law and I didn’t get along from the very beginning. We were cordial at family events, but that was the extent of our relationship. My husband’s mother organized our engagement party and, of course, my future sister-in-law was invited. Fine with me—as long as I didn’t have to talk to her! So, about an hour into the engagement party, my future sister-in-law threw
When I was a young girl, I watched wide-eyed as Diana became a princess in front of the entire world. Hers was the kind of elaborate, fairy tale wedding I dreamed of for myself. So when my husband and I were married on a lovely June day in the church we both grew up attending, I tried my best to recreate the princess setting. Five-foot pillar candles lined
