"Love is many things...none of them logical" - William Goldman, The Princess Bride . Marriage has been on my mind lately. As I write this, I'm taking a quick break from penciling-in names on a beautiful fan tree print that I ordered from Etsy a few months back . Actually putting names and dates on paper is somewhat intimidating! After months of research and fact-checking, I'm still nervous writing the information on a print that most certainly will go in a frame on my wall. Years from now, I hope it will be passed from our meager estate to our sons to share and treasure. May the facts be correct, so help me gosh. Just double-checking a few marriage dates for my great-grandparents Willis Lester Parrish and Maude Ella (Mercer) Parrish, I noticed that they were 18 and 16 years of age, respectively, on their marriage day. They lived with Maude's father, George Mercer, until at least 1930...along with their daughter (my paternal grandmother) Margie ...