My Husband, My Life, My Love, My Family, My Cancer
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I've lost two posts but I'll try again. Micmel you look simply gorgeous in that pic. In my mind's eye, you are that same girl today, Gorgeous! I think it's great that your DD is wearing it, can't wait to see it after alterations. I saved mine too but it yellowed even though it. Was preserved. I really can't wait to see you in your MOB dress with your new figure.
Does anyone think it would be fun to post a pic of ourselves in our wedding dresses? Mine is circa 1970.
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Fun idea Grannax, I’ll go...
So, my “dress” is actually overalls, lol. DH hates suits and I didn’t want anything too fancy or uncomfortable. It was the suggested wedding dress code, friends loved it, our parents were disappointed (they had their expectations). We didn’t want anyone to spend much, so we paid for it, rented a beach house for the week, had friends bring and cook BBQ and made cupcakes. Lots of fun and under $2,500 for the whole event. Circa 2000.
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I mostly have ones with bouquet covering up details of my dress. But, these two show some of the typical 1970's wedding dresses.
Love yours Mae. What fun idea
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Grannax~thank you very much for the kind words. I do still miss that person. Please share the pics!!! I think it would be a lot of fun to see the changes and what our history was!! Hugs ~M~
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Boy oh boy, do I ever LOVE the wedding photos! I will post mine also, before the day is out.
Thank-you Grannax, Lynn(MAN), Tanya, 50's girl, Micmel for the lovely support around the diabetes. I am coping very well. Experimenting with insulin doses till we get it right. it is painless to check the blood sugars and to administer the insulin. PET scan scheduled for next Friday. My PCP is terrific.
Feeling slight hints of spring here and it's making me giddy! Started taking longer walks to help the diabetes and overall health. Not feeling severe fatigue and bone aches right now so am grateful for that.
Micmel-what a lot you have endured. You are a WARRIOR! Lot's going on with you just now. Hope Stepdad's tests turn out normal...
Lynne(Man)- Knowing how gorgeous New Hampshire is, your rides out in the Mini and the trike must be so great.
Mae-love the overalls! You are such a cool person! Good luck nursing the hubby! My experience is that they are wimpy when sick, though I did read somewhere that men feel pain more acutely than women.
Grandson is chafing to go outside, so I will post again later.
Love to each, MJH
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Mae~Now that I do think back on it, I should have taken the money. You look happy and adorable in your overalls! I love the cupcake idea. Maybe I'll suggest that to my DD as an alternative to a bridal shower cake. I love that idea!!!! Thank you for sharing your special moment. I love how he is holding your hand!!💜💜 hugs ~M~ P.s. he looks like he’s looking at you with such intense feelings like. Yeah that’s right she’s mine!!!
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Grannax~I love the ring idea, in the photos! That looks so romantic! The lovely lace trim around your neck is magnificent!! The lighting is what I find interesting, a beautiful dim lighting to match the romantic feeling. I absolutely love the way he is looking at you as youre walking down the aisle. I am presuming already married! He looks like he is content holding your hand feeling like he just struck gold!! So beautiful! I was born in 1970, so I remember the styles. I always thought, and dreamed of what my dress would look like. I guess every young girl, dreams of that day! Thank you for sharing! I love seeing everyone's special days! Hugs to you! ~M~
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micmel. I did share two wedding pics. Did they not show up? I can see them.
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Love the pics, this is fun!
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Mae~you truly are adorable!! I agree I am enjoying seeing everyone's pictures. Thanks for sharing! ~M~
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this is a nice portrait but I had to crop part of it. But that give you the idea of the front of the dress somewhat. I wish I could wear it again it was so lovely. I bet we all feel like that huh ? ~M~0 -
I’ll go next. First picture is a portrait of me at 36, shortly before meeting DH.
We got married at the courthouse, didn’t bother with pics. We had only known each other 9 weeks. My family had bets on how long it would last (my 3rd marriage, his first). Next pic is 10 years later; we had started attending church and decided to renew our vows there, that this would be the “wedding” wedding. My mom (80 at the time) made my dress from a piece of ivory silk my father had brought her from China in the late 40’s. Eyelet daisies still show pencil marks where the pattern was drawn onto the silk before being embroidered. I designed it; my mother, who could sew anything, created the pattern from newspaper, and much of it is hand stitched. It’s fully lined as well.
My mother’s pearls for something borrowed.I’ll have to see if I have a picture of the dress somewhere.
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Magda~ You're truly beautiful woman. I love the portrait and I love the color of blue surroundingyou. No wonder he fell in love. You can see your sweet heart through your smile! He looks so happy being by your side. It truly makes me smile and melts my heart. Thank you so much for sharing with us. Beautiful photos everyone. Keep them coming. Loving it!! ~M~
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Micmel, oh that dress is gorgeous! And oh my gosh, yes all that hair! I e never had hair like that so now I can appreciate what you are grieving over!
Mae, I love love love the overalls!!!! My husbabd would have loved that but to please the families we had a more traditional ceremony butbhe was not one for suits!!!
Mag, I hope you get your blood sugar under control and you were a beautiful bride as well, both times!!!!
Grannax, I love your pictures! I was married the first time early 70’s as well, but my mom made my wedding dress so it was very simple. I love your veil too!!! Sooo gorgeous!!!
To be young and in love again!!!!
Today I’m a little better, wouldn’t you know it, my last day off before starting round three. Oh well, it is what it is!!
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Ok! I found a picture of the dress and a detail of the fabric, plus, a picture taken of me right before I met DH.
Hair was stil long, just put up for swimming/sunbathing. Va va voom!
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1977 for me. Rained all day, that's why we are in the car.
Love these pics. You are all beautiful. X
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I'm loving the wedding photos, too!
Dh and I were married in the late 1980s, after knowing each other about 3 1/2 months. We had a private outdoor ceremony in Virginia, just the two of us and a "marriage commissioner". When we returned home to Ohio several days later, my sisters gave us a small reception with both families at the home of one of my sisters.
I bought my wedding dress at the mall at a little clothing store called "Susie's Casuals". I feel like I helped usher in the strapless look for brides because no one was doing that back then. Our photos were taken on my inexpensive camera by the "marriage commissioner", a little old guy who looked like Norman Vincent Peale. I made this collage from two of the pictures.
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Magda~I love the waist style in the dress!!! The pattern is elegant and sweetly feminine. And the word Va va voom is accurate in that suit!!! Hubba Hubba!! No wonder he couldn't help himself! I love it!!! Beautiful woman!
Minnie~You look so young and beautiful I love your hair and I think the car adds a really nice touch. What are you holding in your hand along with the flowers! It looks to me like horse shoes. But I'm just wondering. For good luck? Seriously beautiful clear smile and you have glowing skin! Your DH seems to be quite Smitten!!! His grin, he knows he’s got it good Such a lovely pic!!
I honestly love all of these pics. It means a lot to go back and think about happiness and what made us who we are. You're all special wonderful ladies!! ~M~
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Oh Divine~ look at your beautiful dress and your magnificent smile. Wow. You really do look very beautiful in the strapless dress, I was never that brave. It's so sweet what you did with the pictures. I love remembering When I was young wondering who would ever love me? I love the blue suit and they way you're smiling at him melts my heart, your smile says How happy you felt. I know I divorced.... but the dress and the entire experience I am glad I had. I was a princess for a day! Gorgeous woman! P.s you have nice legs!! Lol much love ~M~
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Haha, Micmel, I think my legs look great in those pictures, too! And I think your hair and jewelry in your wedding photos are fabuous perfection, you could easily have been on the cover of a Brides magazine!
I was in my 30s when I got married, dh was divorced with an 11 year old. Due to the way my life had unfolded up to that point, I didn't feel like I could handle a day where all eyes were on me, so dh and I had the private ceremony. A year later, my sister had a lovely church wedding at 5:30 in the evening and afterwards, guests had coffee, punch and wedding cake in the church hall. It was one of the loveliest weddings ever, so simple, beautiful, and heartfelt, and if I had a do-over, I'd do it that way, too, as I wish I'd been married with both our families present.
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magdalene, you are a knock out in the swimsuit. I love your vow renewal dress and that it was a family affair, silk your dad bought your mom, that she made it from your design. Oh, to have that sewing talent! My sisters have it and so did my mom but it wasn't something I learned to any great extent. I so admire it, tho! Very few people sew these days, it's like its a dying art/skill.
Grannax, I especially love your veil and the way it cascades behind you. It is very 70s, yet I love that era and photos from that decade.
Illimae, i know your guests loved your style of celebrating your wedding. It is a unique, creative and wonderful way to, in a way, say thank you to all your family and friends for being a part of your big day (week).
Minnie, is that also a wedding photo from the 70s? Your face is glowing even inside the vehicle. And the white Bible! Such a nice touch! Handsome groom too!
By the way, it was truly a leap of faith for me to get married. Things were finally working out for me after years of me trying to sort out growing up in a dysfunctional family that I still loved very much, but I almost felt like I didn't deserve a good life. So it was a little scary to accept this good stuff happening to me. Took the plunge, tho!
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Divine~ Of course you deserved to be happy and I know what you mean about a disfunctional Family.....unfortunately, as they age, the disfunctional for me just became estrangement, my older sister , who was in one of the photos of the wedding party I posted, had a very difficult life. I was too young to realize, but my mother didn't make great choices during her divorce from my father. So she never had any wedding no dress... no awesome pair of overalls surrounded by family and friends that truly love you,and surround you with love. It was and is sad. So I asked her to be my matron of honor.... instead of my very best friend (also in the picture) I wanted her to be spoiled as well and have attention for her too, the dress, being the right hand of the bride. I tried everything I could to be a good sister. When I divorced, half of my family decided they would rather keep the relationship with my x instead of me. That went terribly wrong for them. Now no one talks. Except my older brother and my real mother and DSF. Who I adore all of them. No judgement there ever. They chose me.
I believe it was better. No drama. Just happiness. I know I made the right choice, now my daughter can wear my dress and start a new happiness for herself!! It's been fun today sharing these. I enjoyed it very much. Thanks for sharing with me. It was very special to me. I adore you all!! ~M~
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Micmel you are gorgeous.
Also I saw leapfrog on the ibrance thread. She admits to missing for awhile
Enjoy your weekend with one less person to worry about
Tanya
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I am loving this!
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Micmel, you truly have a heart of gold. It was very loving of you to involve your sister so completely in your wedding. And how sad that the split between you and your ex caused such difficulty with some of your family members. Who can understand the choices others make at times? You have to be true to yourself, tho, and not be hostage to how others think you should live, and I admire you for following the path you know was meant for you.
I lived by myself in my 20s, figuring life out while loosening the grip my family had on me mentally and emotionally. During long conversations on life, a close, insightful friend would occasionally tell me, "you're having a breakthrough!" And then one time during that period, a family member came to my apartment, sat me down and very seriously told me I was having a break down. Which I so wasn't! They thought I was somehow all out of control when the truth was that I was no longer in Their control! It was creepy to realize they'd placed such suffocating limits on my life by their closed-minded, controlling ways. In the end, what happened as I moved forward little by little and good things came my way, is that they became more open to change and their lives improved, too. Of course, they'd never give any of the credit for that to me! Doesn't matter, tho. I still want what's best for them.
Gosh, Micmel, your thread has a way of being theraputic!
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Sinuses and ear sill plugged but feeling ok.. See Oncologist this week hopefully he can help some..
Here is a wedding picture of mine
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Divine~ I have a feeling you have some major shimmer to your heart as well. You're a very special woman. Those who didn't treat you well. Didn't deserve your love or time even. I have learned that over time, that and people don't change!!! I think you're amazing..... and beautiful both inside and out. !!!
Keetmom~ Hello stranger. I was getting worried about you!! I'm glad you're ok. Hopefully the congestion will be resolved soon for you! I love the pose of him holding you like he is ready to run you out that door, and never look back beautiful bride.!! Your bouquet is amazing. I love the color and the fullness of it. The appliqués on the bottom on the dress are exquisite! You can certainly Rock a wedding dress with your spiffed up and smiling handsome DH!! Loving it! Much love ~M~
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