My wedding day at the US Grant in 2001
Looks like I missed the contest, but I want to share my story anyway.
March 31, 2011 will mark 10 years since my husband and I tied the knot at The US Grant Hotel. It was a magical day filled with family and friends. It was filled with abundant joy, but also an overflowing of tears. Just two weeks before our wedding, my father was diagnosed with terminal cancer and ended up dying just two months after our wedding. There were over 300 family and friends at the reception, all of whom were there to wish my husband and me their best, but also many of them were there to say goodbye to my dad. It was at the US Grant Hotel that I danced my first dance with my now husband and also heard my dad give the last toast he was ever to give. It was a beautiful and bittersweet, and probably the most amazing, memorable night of my life. My husband and I will always hold the US Grant near to our hearts. In fact, I am taking him there next weekend, as a surprise, to celebrate his belated 39th birthday. Oddly enough, it's on the same day that my dad would have turned 79.