* Wedding Wednesday: Jack and Jackie An American Love Story

Looking for a good summer read? Check out Jack and Jackie, Portrait of An American Marriage by New York Times best-selling author Christopher Andersen. One of the most iconic love stories of our time, the lives of John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Jacqueline Lee Bouvier are full of scandal and drama. I loved it and couldn't put it down. It reads like fiction but it's reality!

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* the wedding garland

The Wedding Garland is a very precious book of love poems compiled by Louise Dunham Goldsberry. The book was passed down from my great grandmother Edith. This particular edition was published by Jenings and Graham and printed in Germany (copyright 1896). Isn't it amazing this book still exists!? Kept by my ancestors for over 100 years!

 

 This beautifully illustrated book is made up of poems describing the journey of love and marriage. A few of the poets include: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Jaques Jasmin, and Jean Ingelow. The pages are heavy weight paper decorated with angelic illustrations and vintage scrolls, finished with gold edges and bound togther with leather and cloth. It's such a beautiful gift for a bride to be! I wonder who gave this to Edith and Wentworth...

 A page documenting the details of Edith and Wentworth's wedding day completes this family treasure! I am so thankful this book has been preserved all these years. It's really inspiring...What potential family treasures are hiding in your storage closet?