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Long story but I'll summerize ....
It's been quite a summer. Unfortunately I haven't had much opportunity to get on the forum recently. I have been dating my wife for almost 7 years. We finally got married August 9th. We've been waiting, with a plan, to allow 1 of our children to graduate high school, 1 to graduate college, 2 of 4 to get married, 2 of 4 to have children and more.
This summer was OUR time! :thumbup: We still needed to combine two households and physical residences. We also renovated our condo during all of this. (bad idea I know HAHAHA)
August 9th..... Suzanne and I finally got married !! (both our 2nd) I married my best friend!!! The event was very small and just our immediate family. Unfortunately her parents are elderly and live in South Carolina and couldn't make the trip. The wedding went off flawlessly. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect evening. My brother in law set up a live web feed for her parents to view the wedding. Suzanne never had a wedding so this was important that her parents be a part of it.
After the wedding we spent a few days in northern Michigan and really enjoyed our time together. It was the perfect quiet honeymoon.
We returned Thursday night just in time to see our youngest daughter graduate cosmetology school Friday morning. We then drove about 40 miles to my old apartment. We had 2 days to finish packing my personal items and odds and ends so that I could vacate my apartment. The furniture was gone.
Friday evening the phone rang... My wife went silent ... then tearful. Her dad that she loved so dearly was gone. We met my daughter to drop the dog back off. We grabbed our our still packed honeymoon bags and my wedding suit and drove 14 hours to South Carolina. It was obviously an extremely difficult ending to a beautiful week. The service was a moving tribute to an amazing man, an amazing father, a marine and a retired Detroit police officer. The good news was he saw his baby girl get married.
While we dealt with the arrangements my daughter took over at home. She gathered family and friends and got me out of my apartment before the Sunday deadline. We were humbled beyond words.
I'm sorry to be so long winded. It's good to be home both physically and here on the forum. We have so much to do still. My entire apartment is in our condo's garage. We are still dealing with her father's business affairs. The condo needs to be completed and work is out of control for both of us! Thanks guys for listening.
I want to end on a positive note. Overall Life is good!! Suzanne and I both feel we are absolutely blessed and I, personally, am thankful for the time I had with my father in law.
Dave
It's been quite a summer. Unfortunately I haven't had much opportunity to get on the forum recently. I have been dating my wife for almost 7 years. We finally got married August 9th. We've been waiting, with a plan, to allow 1 of our children to graduate high school, 1 to graduate college, 2 of 4 to get married, 2 of 4 to have children and more.
This summer was OUR time! :thumbup: We still needed to combine two households and physical residences. We also renovated our condo during all of this. (bad idea I know HAHAHA) August 9th..... Suzanne and I finally got married !! (both our 2nd) I married my best friend!!! The event was very small and just our immediate family. Unfortunately her parents are elderly and live in South Carolina and couldn't make the trip. The wedding went off flawlessly. I couldn't have asked for a more perfect evening. My brother in law set up a live web feed for her parents to view the wedding. Suzanne never had a wedding so this was important that her parents be a part of it.
After the wedding we spent a few days in northern Michigan and really enjoyed our time together. It was the perfect quiet honeymoon.
We returned Thursday night just in time to see our youngest daughter graduate cosmetology school Friday morning. We then drove about 40 miles to my old apartment. We had 2 days to finish packing my personal items and odds and ends so that I could vacate my apartment. The furniture was gone.
Friday evening the phone rang... My wife went silent ... then tearful. Her dad that she loved so dearly was gone. We met my daughter to drop the dog back off. We grabbed our our still packed honeymoon bags and my wedding suit and drove 14 hours to South Carolina. It was obviously an extremely difficult ending to a beautiful week. The service was a moving tribute to an amazing man, an amazing father, a marine and a retired Detroit police officer. The good news was he saw his baby girl get married.
While we dealt with the arrangements my daughter took over at home. She gathered family and friends and got me out of my apartment before the Sunday deadline. We were humbled beyond words.
I'm sorry to be so long winded. It's good to be home both physically and here on the forum. We have so much to do still. My entire apartment is in our condo's garage. We are still dealing with her father's business affairs. The condo needs to be completed and work is out of control for both of us!
Thanks guys for listening.I want to end on a positive note. Overall Life is good!! Suzanne and I both feel we are absolutely blessed and I, personally, am thankful for the time I had with my father in law.
Dave
) with a strong foundation to grow on. A foundation that both our parents started. We look forward to being that foundation for our children. Suzanne's parents married later in life like we did. Suzanne says it was a blessing because she actually saw her parents fall in love. I thought that was very cool and hope we can give the same gift.
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