The Black Wedding Dress

Married in black meant wish you were back. She didn't really know how far back she wished she were. She thought about her mother and Samuel. He would have been called Sam. She didn't remember either one of them but she knew things would have been different if they were alive. The twins would have been born and their mother would have deserted them so she would probably still be in this dilemma. Sam browsed the very slow internet pages and found a sleeveless wedding dress she liked at a small shop in Tupelo. The skirt and bodice were black. The dress was full and floor length but the front panels of the dress were cream-colored taffeta with a thin black mesh overskirt with designs in deeper blacks. It was fitted at the waist and the top was made to mold to the body. It was soft midnight black with even darker designs in the bodice. At the waist on the left a small black mesh flower was attached. She picked out a mesh see-through black veil which would attach to her hair and hang down to her waist, but would not cover her face. Sam realized that she was actually going to look like a gothic bride but she would not paint her fingernails black. She looked down at her hands and realized that she had never had a manicure.