Author: Laura R. Gansel
Laura Gansel is a retired school employee who lives on a small farm in Oregon’s Willamette Valley. She is a charter member of the Corvallis Secular Society.
Escaping Ceremony—Almost
In July 2004, my husband Chuck and I celebrated our fiftieth wedding anniversary. Our four daughters and their families joined us at the Glacier National Park hotel, where Chuck and I first met. It was one of the happiest times of our lives. Four months later, we experienced one of the saddest when Chuck died. …