It’s been six months since I became engaged to my fiancé Carl and am deep into planning our wedding while trying tomaintain a healthy work/life balance.

I grew up watching those wedding shows on TLC (“Say Yes to the Dress”) and WE-TV (“Bridezillas”) with a fear that planning one of the biggest events of my life would be traumatic and change me for the worse.

I’m writing this in the wee hours of Tuesday morning. Monday’s Memorial Day came, and went, without too much fanfare in my personal life. Yet late in the day, I found myself hooked on the real meaning of Memorial Day. As an insomniac, rather than tossing and turning, I’m reflecting on what it all meant.