While Fear stalks our community, Joy finds a foothold too. In backyards and living rooms, people celebrate new beginnings. The celebration is dimmed, but the happiness is not
As told to Rivka Streicher
I’d been planning my wedding for years. I saved invitations that struck my fancy in a drawer, I’d been mentally designing my gown for ages, I knew I wanted colorful, towering flowers.
My mother said mine was her easiest wedding to plan.
I wasn’t fazed by all of the choices. I like my nice things. Give me detail and design and I’m in my element. It was going to be beautiful.
And it was beautiful.
But not in any of the ways I’d planned.
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