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The Mother-of-the-Groom Diaries: Snapping Pictures at My Son’s Wedding

June 13, 2013 By Barbara Falconer Newhall

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My trusty point and shoot goes with me everywhere these days. But for my son’s wedding I resolved to Be In The Moment and resist the temptation to digitize every last detail of my son’s big day. Read more.

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