"Okay, let's do this," I said, my heart pounding with a mixture of excitement and nerves. We made our way to the venue, a sprawling estate with a lush, green lawn and a stunning view of the ocean. The sun was shining, a perfect, golden orb in a cloudless sky, a beautiful day for a wedding. Giovanni was walking me down the aisle and it almost brought tears to my eyes that my parents weren’t alive to witness this moment. My mother has always dreamt of the day o would become a bride, of how beautiful I’d look. She would always talk about the day her father walked her down the aisle. And how my father was also going to walk me down the aisle. But everything was a distant memory, neither my mom nor my dad were alive to witness it. But I had to push the thoughts of my parents away. I had to

