Little Lady Mom

I work for one of the companies of a very wealthy family.  Today, I was called to the matriarch's office.  I didn't expect it was more for a short chat than it was to address a complaint or receive instructions. The lady is 88 years old.  Far from being a "sweet old granny" she holds a formidable reputation of having equally contributed to building their conglomerate alongside her husband.  Stern, sharp and frank, she's considered quite scary actually.  Our conversation was short, but what struck me was how warmly she spoke of her husband and how she missed him still a year after he passed.  The statement was simple, but it got me thinking, after 50 or more years of marriage, this lady missed her husband still.  I passed a glass enclosed jar with portraits of the husband on my way out and I presume those are his ashes. I love my husband.   We've been married for a little over a year but have been together for 5 years.  I don't feel any le...

  Marriage is a choice for a lifetime that we both made, but the wedding itself.. its my biggest project! I got married at a cost of 180k, 183k to be more exact. It was great wedding, with enough pouf and ceremony to mark it as an important day in our lives but it was low key enough that 1.) it didn't empty our bank account and 2.) we didn't need to solicit anything from anyone. We'd been living together for a year when we got married.  Out little boy had just turned 3 a few days before the wedding and was the cutest, most solemn ring bearer.  With the new expenses of maintaining our own house, a child, 2 cars and anticipating incoming school expenses, an expensive wedding just didn't seem practical to us. So how did we do it?  There are so many wedding blogs and magazines out there showcasing beautiful weddings, and I wanted that.  I was on Pinterest daily looking for inspiration and trying to firm up the details in my mind.  The thing with t...