I'm not sure if it is just that love is in the air or because I'm getting older and people tend to get married in their late 20s . . but whatever the reason it has been the year for people to get engaged.
I have been to at least seven weddings this year and I have two more next week. And yesterday a friend, who many of you may know, emailed and said she is engaged and planning to tie the knot in November 2009.
Christine Demma, former Southwest Weekly editor, got engaged Sunday. Now our former editor and current editor, Mallory Medved, will become "Mrs."
This now leaves me as the only single lady writing for Southwest Weekly.
I say single loosely as I own a home with my boyfriend and am living happily ever after.
Rather than believe I'm getting too old to not be married, I like the idea of believing love is not only in the air, but that it is so thick it is spreading like the flu.
Lucky for me, I didn't get my flu vaccination this year and am enjoying every minute of being in love.
So congratulations to you Cdemma, and to all those other love birds flying through the love filled air.
Mallory Medved is an assistant managing editor of weekly publications for
the Sun-Times News Group. She helps cover the Lincoln-Way area and towns
southwest of Joliet. Being naturally nosy has led her to a career in
journalism and fulfilled her dream of getting paid to read. Being a new
homeowner and a future bride, she's also perpetually broke, but enjoys
hearing about other people in the same situation. She lives in Plainfield
but is a native of New Lenox.
Christina Chapman is a Will County resident who desperately wants to live in Grundy County. But since she lost that battle with her boyfriend when they bought a house, she makes due covering Grundy County news for The Herald News in Joliet. When not covering municipal meetings, school events and finding the truth behind the latest coffee talk, she is trying to balance life as a young home owner who is fighting the stereotype that she is living in sin because she is not yet married. She hopes to share with you her perspective on life and the news in hopes that you’ll share yours.
Thanks, Christina! congratulations Mallory!