Marriage

The Proposal

by beth September 20, 2010

Sum­mer 1999 I got up early on Wednes­day. It had been a few days since the “ring” came up & we still hadn’t talked any­more about it.  Instead, it hung in the air awk­wardly as the moment of “when” (when would he ask, would he still ask) raced through my mind. I decided that since I couldn’t […]

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Ring Around a Sunday

by beth September 9, 2010

1999 We were set­tled into the new apart­ment.  We had rasp­berry walls this time. Every time I told some­one about our walls I heard Prince singing in my head.  “She had a Rasp­berry Beret” and I wanted to dance just a lit­tle (Ok, a lot). One Sun­day morn­ing in our rasp­berry par­adise, cof­fee in hand, […]

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Out For A Night

by beth August 31, 2010

We actu­ally got out, with other adults, with­out our kids.  I know shock­ing!  We were cel­e­brat­ing our friends upcom­ing wed­ding at the rehearsal din­ner, the wed­ding hap­pened this past week­end & was spec­tac­u­lar.  I think we should do this “get­ting out” thing more often.  AND thanks to my beau­ti­ful Ital­ian friend Susie who took this […]

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And We Move Again

by beth August 25, 2010

1999 We had decided it was time to move.  Again. Third time’s the apart­ment charm. And so we began to look around.  This time we were look­ing to move out­side the City.  We were leav­ing Detroit. It was bit­ter­sweet.  I was excited to move. I was tired of the lack of gro­cery stores & strange men […]

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