Does a maiden forget her jewelry, a bride her wedding ornaments? Yet my people have forgotten me, days without number. Jeremiah 2:32 (NIV) After so many months daydreaming about and planning for my wedding, do you think I’d forgotten anything? Not. A. Thing. Why? Because the day mattered to me enough to make every aspect of the event a priority. I'd refused to forget. Ask me Donny Osmond's birthday and I can tell you. (December 9, 1957) Ask me where I was on 9/11 2001 and I c

He who watches over you will not slumber ... The Lord watches over you—the Lord is your shade at your right hand; the sun will not harm you by day, nor the moon by night. Psalm 121:3, 5-6 (NIV) What I'd expected to be an ordinary, quiet Friday night turned loud—and anything but ordinary. Moments after my husband called from out of town, I heard a distinct "pop" outside. Huh. It’s July. Fireworks, likely. Disregarding the sound, I settled in for our nightly call. A succession