All Was Well — Then My Fiancee Got Cancer

Which band do we want? What color should the groomsmen wear? Can our rehearsal dinner video montage be made to resemble A-Ha’s “Take on Me”? For my fiancée, Emily, and me, the planning process for our wedding was routine.
Until 32 days before “I do,” when a new entry was Sharpie’d onto our to-do list:
Cancer.