{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 ...