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From the Bride’s Father’s Notebook

The series of essays called “From the Bride’s Father’s Notebook,” are my perspectives on the swirl of emotions and events surrounding our daughter’s wedding.  When she got married at the end of 2009, I kept a journal for the two … Continue reading

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From the Bride’s Father’s Notebook – Day 9

Monday,  December 28 Why haven’t I been writing my whole life?  What a way to express so many feelings: joy, anger, surprise, hurt, happiness, and today, angst, something we’re all feeling right about now.  No reason in particular that anyone … Continue reading

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From the Bride’s Father’s Notebook – Day 4

From the Bride’s Father’s Notebook – Day 3 Wednesday, December 23 I hung out with my future son-in-law today.  Hung out is really the best way to say it.  We really didn’t “accomplish” anything, but I think we had fun … Continue reading

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From the Bride’s Father’s Notebook – Day 3

From the Bride’s Father’s Notebook – Day 2 December 22, 2009 Wedding License Kate and David are filling out the marriage license application.  We all want to make sure it’s done just right, so everyone contributes a word.  Second guessing … Continue reading

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From the Bride’s Father’s Notebook – Day 2

From the Bride’s Father’s Notebook, Day 1 December 21, 2009 At Breakfast We ate breakfast together this morning, eggs, bacon, toast.  My bride was raised with a strong sense of the sanctity of hot toast.  It’s a well-known, well-worn drill … Continue reading

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From The Bride’s Father’s Notebook – Day 1

From the Bride’s Father’s Notebook Introduction December 20, 2009 Katie and David arrived today.  They were supposed to get here yesterday but the Blizzard of 2009 had other ideas.  Thankfully they were able to get safely to just three hours … Continue reading

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From the Bride’s Father’s Notebook – Introduction

Over the next two months, mixed in with poems and events, essays, letters, observations, I’m going to publish in The Life Literary a journal I kept for 15 days a little over a year ago.  At the time, I wanted to set … Continue reading

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