Here’s what happens when you are 2.5 years old, the sixth child in a large family, and you like to say bedtime prayers:

Dear God, thank you for Boo and Joel and mama and daddy and Boo and Ryley and Archie and Aidan and Sam and Boo and Junie and Archie and Aidan and […]

The wedding was simple, spiritual, ecstatic. The bridesmaids chose their own black dresses. The groomsmen wore dark skinny jeans, white shirts undone, tuxedo jackets, and bare feet. It began at 7:30 pm under a dusky sky while candles swayed in large glass votives, suspended from thick branches.

Vows were stated with smiles and tears, […]