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Sep 2021
26m 48s

When Your Dreams of Getting Married Come...

BETHANY BEAL AND KRISTEN CLARK
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Send a text Ep. 047 - Imagine purchasing the wedding dress of your dreams only to have it collect dust in the back of your closet for a decade. That's the story Bethany is sharing on today's episode. She saw her dream wedding dress when she was in her early twenties. She thought marriage would become her reality in the next two to three years and so she deci ... Show More
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