Welcome/About This Blog

Welcome to the land of the Late Bloomer Bride (LBB).  An LBB is a woman who got married for the first time over the age of 40.

Personally, I got married for the first time at age 42 (about 20 years after Grammie had hoped).  And, as I was getting fitted for a (couture) wedding dress for the first time in my 40s, it occurred to me to ask: How do we do this?

When seeking marital advice I found two camps:

• Those people who have been married since they were in their 20s, and
• Those peeps who have never been married at all.

Both groups (still) look at me like I have six heads when I ask questions about marriage.

So, consider this blog a memoir with a purpose. It is for all the late bloomers out there – especially the newly married kind who are trying to figure out how to take a fully formed life and merge it with someone who finally turned out to be Mr. Right. I don’t claim to have any answers. But, hopefully I’ll give you some things to think about and, of course, comment upon. Read on!
–Suzanne

The greatest thing you’ll ever learn is just to love and be loved in return. ~Nature Boy (song) by Eden Ahbez