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The days and weeks started going by in a flurry. Janice was able to talk Jessie into having a 'real' reception (as she called it), but Jessie held firm on the small wedding. Seth and I had decided to let Jessie and Joe (and their kids) have the entire spotlight during this special time in their lives. We would start planning our destination wedding once the festivities and aftermath from Jessie's big day wore down.
I was impossibly happy––happier than I could have ever imagined possible. Seth and I had finally settled on the plans for our dream home with enormous closets, after lots of bickering and rowdy making-up over which way doors should swing, where walls should be, and the size of the windows. Seth almost always let me have my way, but he seemed to enjoy the cycle of arguing ab
