she had planned some elaborate surprise.
She was beautiful because she had found something broken in my family’s history and had refused to pretend it wasn’t there.
When the officiant asked us to exchange our vows, I abandoned the notes I had prepared.
I took Claire’s hands and spoke from memory.
“I promise to love you when life is easy and when it is confusing. I promise not to let pride stop me from apologizing. I promise to ask questions when something matters, even if the answers are uncomfortable. And
