It Finally Happened

It finally happened. We went to an event (my cousin’s rehearsal dinner) and the only other black person there was a waiter. I’m not really sure I have a point. I’m used to living in Antioch, where white people are the minority. Jackson’s preschool (soon to be Cassie’s preschool!) was about half “appears to be … Continue reading →

10 Years

“From the moment I heard my first love story, I started looking for you, not knowing how blind that was. Lovers don’t finally meet somewhere. They’re in each other all along.” ~Rumi

10 Days ‘Til 10 Years: At Last the Big Day Came

On July 27, Max and I will celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. I’ve decided to post something new everyday about us. Because it’s my blog, and I can. We modeled our wedding on the wedding of my cousin Kristen to her husband Adam. We even got married next to a lake. We wanted a wedding … Continue reading →

10 Days ‘Til 10 Years: I Don’t Want to Get Married

On July 27, Max and I will celebrate our 10th wedding anniversary. I’ve decided to post something new everyday about us. Because it’s my blog, and I can.  You may recall that, when he proposed, I asked Max if he wanted to get married. He replied that he didn’t want to get married, but he … Continue reading →

Daily Post: What Would You Tell Yourself 10 Years Ago?

Because I have no shortage of blog topics, I haven’t been doing the Daily Post prompts. However, today’s was a really good one: If you could go back in time and have a 5 minute conversation with yourself ten years ago, what would you say? That would put me at February 13, 2000. I was … Continue reading →

A Few Cousin Pictures

We were in New England for 10 days. My cousin Jen got married in Rhode Island, then we went up to New Hampshire. On the plane ride over, we started out with Max, my dad, Great-Grandma, Jack, and me. On our way into the airport, Jack remembered that we forgot his booster seat! We hadn’t … Continue reading →

Family History: My Wedding Day

Write about your wedding day. Where did you get married? Who was with you? What are your feelings about that day? Max and I were married on July 27, 2002 in Enfield, NH. I have a lot of photos and information on our web site. My cousin Jen is getting married in September, and that’s led me … Continue reading →

Greg & Sheri’s Wedding

I began scrapbooking our “Housecooling” Party of August 2004, so I thought it was appropriate to finish chronicling our trip. Saturday, October 21: Greg & Sheri’s Wedding. Greg is Joanne’s (Jack’s godmother) brother. He and Sheri have been together for 14 (yes, fourteen) years. Today is their big day! Pre-wedding, Max and I went crazy … Continue reading →

Ben and Shawna’s Wedding

I just spent an hour detailing our time at Ben and Shawna’s wedding. Then I hit the backspace key while I apparently wasn’t in the text box and POOF! posting goes bye-bye. Auto-save my ass. Damn IE! Saturday, October 7, 2006. We left Jack with Joanne and Marc and began the drive to Ben & … Continue reading →

Late Night Melancholy

May. 6th, 2006 at 10:17 PM As I was singing to Jack this evening, I realized: Almost everything I’ve done in my life and enjoyed has been over so fast. I thought this because I suddenly remembered the song I sang to Max at our wedding, and sang it to Jack. At the same time, … Continue reading →