TessThe rehearsal dinner was a disaster. Grier was late, his mother thought she was the wedding planner and my Great-aunt Rosetta wanted to sing. I shifted some things in the program and was able to get Aunt Rosetta a reading during the ceremony and that seemed to appease her. She told me that she’d save her singing talents for the reception. My mother stepped in and distracted Grier’s mom from her “wedding planner” duties by asking her more on-the-job stories. Grier and his groomsmen, who’d been out drinking, finally showed up an hour late and we barely had time to run through the ceremony at the church before Father Ahern told us that he had to lock up. Once everything was done for the night I went back home with Lindi and Kallie in tow. They tried to convince me to go out and celebr

