Category: Holidays and Celebrations

We walked up to the door of our reception, and I started asking around after my family.  “Where’s my sister?” I asked – I was really concerned that she be the one to bustle my train, for tradition and all.  They hadn’t arrived, and when they still hadn’t shown up a few minutes later, my…

I woke early on Saturday, October 21st, and lay blinking into the darkness in my small room.  I had set the alarm but didn’t need it.  I wandered around the house, knocking on doors, getting my sisters and mother up – we had a lot to do that day.  My dad was assigned drop-off duty…

In the photo of the courtyard, the woman in the middle, in black with the white waist sash, had a baby like a month ago.  Good thing she’s nice or we’d have to hate her.

Friday Night Where was I?  Hmmm, yes, panicking about getting ready for the second biggest night of my life. Now I love to get dressed up.  In day to day life I rarely do – so when I have an opportunity to pull out all the stops and fancy up, I do.  I take hours. …