About the Author

Laina Villeneuve and her spouse first registered as domestic partners in the spring of 2005 by getting the document notarized at a local copy shop and still wonder if the clerk had any idea she played a part in their commitment. A year later, they married illegally at their church surrounded by family and friends. In 2008, they remarried after California legalized gay marriage with their first son as a witness. They will celebrate ten years this summer by touring some of California’s natural wonders with their three children.