“‘Walk Yourself,’ My Mom Mocked at My Wedding — So I Walked Alone… Until the Mayor, a Senator, and My Superintendent All Stood Up for My ‘Nobody’ Husband.”

the aisle, the superintendent of schools gave me a little nod, the kind we shared in the hallways when she popped in to observe classes.

Scattered among them were faces my parents might have recognized from the local news, from the framed photos hanging in city hall, from the society pages they obsessed over for evidence of their friends’ social climbing.continue reading …