The skies were cloudy with thunderstorms on the radar. The city was abuzz with the arrival of President Obama, First Lady Michelle, Vice President Biden, and Second Lady Jill. Not just that, but Hawkeye fans were out in full force celebrating Fryfest in preparation for the big in-state rivalry football game to come the next […]

They met in high school. From freshmen all the way through, they knew each other as fellow classmates. It wasn’t until their senior year that things changed. And they’ve been together ever since the day he first asked her out. Since their love story began in high school, we went back to the beautiful City […]

Her gown hung on the curtain rod, backlit by the beautiful overcast light coming through the window. On the table lay a variety of necklaces and earrings because she couldn’t quite decide which would be the perfect pair. Her dark hair was pulled up and pinned to the side with a white flower tucked into […]

As his sister, I could really use this time to embarass him with every detail of childhood memories and sibling rivalry in the Miller household. But I won’t be, well, I love this kid. He wasn’t the sister I had wanted, but the second I first held him, I didn’t care anymore. When he was […]

“In the opinion of the world, marriage ends all, as it does in a comedy. The truth is precisely the opposite: it begins all.” (Anne Sophie Swetchine)

This little peanut is extra special to me because he’s my newest nephew. He’s nephew number 5 and, in a strange way, I think that an aunt’s heart grows similarly to a mother’s heart: it just doesn’t matter how many there are, there’s always room to love one more. His arrival was a last-minute flurry […]