Dad’s Cancer Battles

My father came down with thyroid cancer around 2005. He and Mom were living in Knoxville, Tennessee and I was living on Saint Simons Island, Georgia, by the beach. It was an 11 hour drive to get home. Dad had to have surgeries, eventually three. The third was the most serious. It was basically open …

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Zachary

We think we have a ghost. We've named "him" Zachary. Don't know why. We're not sure if it's a spirit or not -- I tend to not believe in such things -- but some odd things do happen. For one thing, both of our cats will stare at a certain spot near our den's door …

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Our Wedding and Honeymoon

Gretchen and I got married last Saturday, April 6th. It was beautiful out -- a perfect day for a wedding. Our wedding was at 5 PM at our tiny Episcopalian church we attend. My father was my best man. Gretchen's best friend, Cindy, was her matron of honor. We had invited about 22 people to …

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I’m Getting Married!

I'm getting married this coming Saturday to the love of my life, Gretchen. We've been together for awhile now and have been living together since August 2011. We met online on a blogging site in 2004. We're a really good fit and we're both very excited about this. We're having a very small ceremony and …

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Wedding Announcement Etiquette

My fiance and I are getting married in April. Since it's not our first marriage for either of us, we're going to have a simple ceremony with just a few family members and friends in attendance. The bride is not wearing a white wedding gown; I'm not wearing a tux. We just sent our few …

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