I will never forget the day my daughter Elaina called me from Italy to let me know that she and her fiancée had set April 28, 2007, as the date of their marriage. After the initial excitement, an elevated heart rate, the “gushing thing” all parents feel, and just simply wanting to jump up and down, the reality set in that her marriage would mean permanence to the thousands of miles between us. When the time finally came, we were … Continue reading A Special Day