Wendy, sweetie, I am sitting here in tears. Thank you so much for taking the time to read and to post your kind words. I am so glad you have your very own miracle in your life, and that you understand how precious a gift we both have.
You are such a kind person (and one of my personal heroes, dear WISH friend), so I really, really treasure your words here.
I remember thinking on my wedding day and in the very stressful weeks leading up to it that all that mattered at the end of the (wedding) day was that I'd be married to Howard. I knew I could put up with anything as long as I knew that what God had brought together, no one could tear asunder. Through the years, Howard has been not just my partner and friend and the most amazing Dad to our children, but also my anchor and my haven. He always brought out the best in me and saw good in me that I didn't know existed. And he's always made me feel so precious. Until a person has it in their life, one has no idea of the miracle of being truly treasured and appreciated. I am so blessed.
I should probably say SOMETHING about planning here.
Thanks to Andrew and Howard, I was able to finish up the placecard holders/favors last night. All that is left to be done with them is to pack them very carefully and gently so that they don't get smashed or unembellished, and then once we are in Orlando, I'll tie the bows before delivering them to Francks'. Oh, and now that our guestlist is finally finalized (was waiting to hear about my brother's family), I can finalize the table diagrams and do the placecards.
AND, once my brother books his room, I can do the tags for all of the welcome bags. That will be another huge relief.
Today I am working on our blurb book and it has been so much fun to go through photo albums from when were dating and the pix that friends took of our wedding.
Another huge project we haven't started yet is gathering the pix to send to Stan for the video, and we have to finalize our music choices, though I think we are almost completely decided on everything.
WHEW!!! It only seems overwhelming when I think of everything at once. LOL!
). Most importantly, they recovered all of the financial data/Quicken files. I praise God, truly, and have been profusely thanking the IT tech and the company owners. 
my way, too, so thank you, sweetie! 
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