It was the day she’d dreamed about for most of her life. She stood next to the young man she has loved for over four years.  Around her stood approximately 250 of her closest friends and family.

Among the crowd, 9 grandparents, two moms, scads of siblings, cousins and more than a couple of girlfriends/boyfriends as well as three dads (aren’t blended families wonderful).

Mike Alexander (Bethany’s Step-Dad) and I waited for her to descend the stairs, each ready to engage her arm for the 50-foot walk down the aisle. I don’t know about Mike, but I’d already teared up several times before she appeared. Once during a photo shoot with her, and, well…to be perfectly honest, each night the previous week. Read the rest of this entry

Last night my daughter, Bethany Sara, called to ask me a question.

And in typical Gen-X style, she sent me a text message first asking me to call when I had a chance; that she had a question to ask me about the wedding. She and David, pictured on the right, are getting married outdoors on the grounds of a nearby winery in July. Read the rest of this entry