Cancelled weddings? They’re an absolute nightmare! I won’t ever forget the evening and the utter disbelief we experienced when my Dad came home from the wedding of a friend’s son and told us that the wedding was cancelled. Dad had been asked to raise the toast at the reception that followed. The plan was for him attend the Church ceremony and then pick up my mother to take her for the reception. Instead, he came home and told us how the Parish Priest had received an anonymous phone call telling him that the bride’s father was coercing her into marriage.…
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A reflection on the story of Cinderella. She knew that the sisters were mean, The mother evil. And Evil has a way of ensnaring others. She was almost sorry for the sisters. But they had made their choice. Glass slippers? Wooden Shoes? What did she care. She had the heart of the Prince And the respect of the Kingdom And that’s all that mattered. The mother and sisters Might rant and rave Talk in whispers And spew venom. To no avail. The slippers didn’t fit them They never would. Glass slippers are For Princesses made Not for evil witches.…