Photoessay #2866 - Wedding Shower

We're embarking on a new era. I've found that, in my life, we don't really attend too many weddings. But this year both my niece (March) and son (July) are getting married. Remember bridal showers? Haven't been to one in years. Have I ever been to one. I remember that I had one. Somebody must have hosted it. Who can remember.

So this one for my niece is at the bride's paternal grandmother's house and RSVP goes to the groom's mother. Should be fun. I'll go.

So I called up my son's fiance and asked her if she would like me to give her a shower. She said that her mom is doing one in California and she thought that was enough. So I guess I'm off the hook on this one. But I would have done it.

 I'm hosting my genealogy group in February. Seems like everybody is coming. I'll make a bunch of spaghetti, that will work.

I''m leaving for New Haven on Monday. My brother will come with me. From Chicago. This is the surgical strike trip. Photograph the Zunder Family scrapbooks. It's also the idea that you need to look at complex materials more than once. Every time, you see something new. You're looking for something, can't find it, then you look again and the answer is right in front of you.

My memoir classmate's piecce is appearing in the New York Times 'True Love' column.  Sweet piece.  About how she was uncomfortable with the whole 'husband' and 'wife' thing.  She just didn't want to do it.  But now with R74 passed, many gay couples are joyfully getting married and they are all about the traditional husband/wife labels.  They've been wanting to do it for so long and now they can.  The narrator learns from this, if they value it, she can value it too.  Being a wife is a sweet thing.  Nice arc.  Nice idea.  Nicely written.  Makes one pause, why didn't I write it?  Because you didn't think of it, that's why.  Congrats Margot!!