Let’s Register Our Desperation!

So I have to apologize for two things.  One, I haven’t posted here in, like, forever.  Marriages have been planned and annulled in the amount of time that I have been away.  Secondly, I attended a wedding about a month ago.  Mini-rant:  If you are going to host a wedding where every man that you [...]

Hot Child in the Crawford

Jenna Bush & Henry Hager Wedding Facts
from this CNN.com article.
cross-posted at MeanRachel.com

Bride: Jenna Welch Bush
Known by her friends as “Hot Toddy”
Groom: Henry Chase Hager
Known by his friends as “Sucker.”
Place: President Bush’s Prairie Chapel Ranch, Crawford, Texas
Where the Heaven’s Gate cult cut their teeth before they moved to Cali.
Guests: More than 200 friends and relatives
I turned [...]

I like weddings. Really, I do.

I got married in tee shirt and shorts. My daughters know this. And while I enjoy attending lavish weddings, I still have profound misgivings about the concept of “my special day.” It seems like freighting the tricky voyage of a marriage with a massive cargo of upfront expectations. Nevertheless I went with Grace to [...]