In a patriotic theme, we’ll wrap up our ‘Bride’ series with a gem from the Courtship Stories archive: Gretchen’s grandparents’ love story, now 50 years and counting!
Instead of a wedding ceremony on a sunny Saturday in June, ours was on a rainy Wednesday night in January; but it was not lacking in love and joy…
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My parents celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary this year, and in honor of the occasion my brother and sister and I threw them a party. My sister and I sought to re-create some of the special details of their wedding day, from the yellow roses and Queen Anne’s lace to the sugared flowers on the [...]
But the June Bride hears the song of a spring that lasts all summer long…
As Ashleigh and I were both celebrating such milestone anniversaries this year, and as our weddings were exactly five years and one day apart, we thought it would be special to post a series on our wedding days and the journeys [...]
Oh, they say when you marry in June,
You’re a bride all your life.
And the bridegroom who marries in June
Gets a sweetheart for a wife.
Winter weddings can be gay
Like a Christmas holiday.
But the June bride hears the song
Of the spring that lasts all summer long
By the light of the silvery moon
Home you ride, side by side
With [...]
It was the happiest day of my life. I didn’t actually crawl into bed until well past midnight on the day that I was to be wed, and awoke just two short hours later. I was sick, feverish and coughing, but all that mattered little. Today was the day that all my life, consciously and [...]
