This story will take several blogs. It is the path I took to marrying “Big Daddy,” and realizing it is never too late to find love. I was single for over 20 years from my first marriage. I was busy with life. My work, family, friends, traveling and adventure filled my days and nights. Yes [...]
Archives for September, 2010
The Steps We Take Celebrating Marrying Later in Life
Time passes so quickly with “Big Daddy” and our family. We are now celebrating our 10th wedding anniversary at the beautiful Bedford Springs Resort in western Pennsylvania. It is very special to us, as our parents celebrated their honeymoons here and we had never been. The resort was redone 3 years ago, in calming colors [...]
The Steps we Take Marrying Later in Life
Life gets so busy these days. Growing up and in my early 20′s I don’t remember being this scheduled so far ahead of time. Sometimes it’s family and sometimes it’s friends, but often they are plans made three months in advance! We are on a stroll down memory lane with ” Big Daddy’s” mother who [...]
The Steps to Changing your name Marrying Later in Life
How do you feel about changing your name marrying at this time of your life? Many decisions come to play with a complete last name change. Some of them include; being married before with children or single for many years with an established name in business. Many of our friends marrying later in life experienced [...]
The Steps we Take with our Parents Marrying Later in Life
Sometimes I feel like I am on a checker board of life making wise decisions! Marrying Later in Life often brings older parents on both sides of the equation. Some are heathy when you first marry and then age as your marriage endures. It takes patience and love from each of you to weather the [...]
The Steps we Take to Love Deeply & Marrying Later in Life
When I was younger and in love, I was blinded by my concern for the other person’s choices they were making with their lives. It mattered more to me what they were doing then how I was conducting my life. I learned through a year’s sabbatical before meeting my husband, “Big Daddy,” that to love [...]
Stepping into the Best Wedding Dress Styles Marrying Later in Life
Let’s face it Ladies. We are not Paris Hilton or Miley Cyrus any more in dress choices and styles. Instead, we are glamourous Modern Mature Brides to be! Ladies who are comfortable with who we are and the choices we make in dresses and the way we present and perceive ourselves. How lucky we are that we don’t have [...]
The Steps we Take to Dress Beautifully Marrying Later in life
How do you find a dress that compliments and flatters your figure while tastefully hiding some of your least favorite spots. We all have those spots. Ones we are most self conscious about as we grow in years. I know at 60, although in good shape, I am extremely self conscious about my arms and [...]
The Steps we take with Marrying Later in Life
I don’t know about you, but we have had many grey days without our “Big Daddy’s.” We am so grateful for his presence in our lives. Yes, there are challenging moments with adding “Step friends or Step children,” but they are worth the decisions that need to be made. We are a team together, and [...]
The Steps We Take Marrying Later in Life…Living together!
Well, it’s another day and more thoughts are flying in for us to share. There are so many Big Decisions when Marrying Later in Life, so we will address another one today! Living together before marrying. This may not need to be addressed if there aren’t children living in the home. However, it still is [...]
