I made my own wedding dress. I have sewed dresses for myself since I was a teenager—have moved from frustration and seam rippers and the sewing of sleeves to neck holes to calm satisfaction in watching the pieces fit together, just so. My wedding dress was of simple design, its only stab at “fancy” a
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Some of you have asked about wedding photos, and this post will be almost exclusively that. Our photographer was Kayla Weaver, and she did an excellent job of getting a nice variety of photos: both of Ivan and I and of our family, helpers, and guests. Family photos The Bridal Party The Ceremony The Reception
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I like getting up at the same time every morning. Six o’clock (or six thirty by the time we push the snooze two or three times), every morning, steady as the granola we eat for breakfast. I like the sureness of this simple routine. Growing up, I woke when I wanted to. I also slept
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Or Lucinda J. Kinsinger. Or Lucinda Miller-Kinsinger. Or just Luci. I prefer that, mostly, to my friends. When you change a name you change an identity, and when you change an identity, you change a life. You have surreal moments, like Is this really me? The skin is mine, but the moments are not. That
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We were married Saturday, November 23rd and are off on our honeymoon. This is our love story as we had it printed in our wedding program. *** Ivan: I like to read; therefore I get a few book catalogs. One day I noticed an ad for a new book, Anything But Simple: My Life as