Go together well

{May 22, 1978} Since it's almost Mother's Day, I thought I'd post about my mom's wedding dress. As I mentioned in a previous post , I love wedding dresses. I would wear mine regularly if it were socially acceptable!  In May of 2010, a couple of months before my wedding, I was sitting at my parents' house studying for the USMLE Step 1 (aka the worst exam ever) when I thought to myself:  I should probably try on my mom's wedding dress . When I put it on and found out that it was long enough, I thought: I'm the only daughter. If I don't wear this dress, who will?  So I called a lady from our church (Nancy) who does alterations and asked if she would "alter" my mom's wedding dress for me, and when she said that she would, I headed over to her house with the dress. (This all happened within the course of an hour or two...I was in a strange state of mind while studying for that horrible test.)  I think Nancy thought I was a little bit ...

The past few years have been full of weddings, and this year is no different. Our fridge is covered with cute save-the-dates, and we're hoping to make it to as many weddings as we can. The one bad thing about Burlington is that it is not the most travel-friendly city: the airport is small, and flights are expensive. Whether or not we can make it to all the weddings in person, we'll definitely be sending our love to family and friends--and I'll be looking forward to seeing all of the beautiful brides (in person or in pictures)!  I really love wedding dresses...and I tried on a lot of them (in addition to watching a lot of Say Yes to the Dress ) in order to get ideas for the dress that I ultimately had made for me by a lovely woman named Veda at My Tailor in Omaha.  I went into the process thinking I would buy a dress, but I heard about Veda from a friend...and, fortuitously enough, Chris's parents happened to have 12 yards of white silk from India in their basement ...