Waking up before the alarm

The house was completely dark when I woke up on the morning of my sister’s wedding. It was five o’clock. The alarm was not supposed to go off for another hour. I tried to go back to sleep, but my brain was already running through the list of floral deliveries. I got out of bed […]

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Hiding in the catering room

The loudest part of a wedding is the exact moment after the ceremony ends. You walk back down the aisle. The music is playing. And suddenly every single person you have ever met wants to touch you. They want to hug you. They want to grab your arm and cry and tell you how beautiful […]

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