the journal

Valerie and Jackson met at the University of Pittsburgh through a mutual friend. While sparks didn’t fly during that first meeting, a few months later, their last Panthers football game as students was the setting for them hitting it off. Now over six years later, after time together enjoying their mutual love for cozy bookstores […]

Sabrina and David met in the summer of 2020 after being set up on a blind date. Sabrina’s college friend, Megan, was living with David’s sister, Amy—one of David’s triplet siblings—and together they masterminded the introduction, quite successfully. Sabrina and David hit it off on their first date and continued seeing each other. The relationship […]

Rachel and Josh’s wedding was a day filled with family, warmth, and love. From the very start, their joy radiated through every detail. For the ceremony, the beautifully floral draped chuppah by the water and the boardwalk of the ICA provided guests with a sunny and breezy place to witness Rachel and Josh become husband […]

Jennifer and Giovani first met three years ago. Despite their differences in language, culture, and religion, their values intertwined and formed the foundation for their love. For the bride and groom, the most sacred and unforgettable moment of their wedding was receiving the Eucharist during the church ceremony—a moment where they felt God’s presence binding […]

Elaina and Robert’s wedding weekend wasn’t just a celebration of their marriage—it also marked eight years since the day they first met. Their story began on the Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend in 2017 at a bar called Village Tavern in Salem, Massachusetts. Introduced by mutual friends, they hit it off immediately. At the time, […]

Kate and Kyle were over the moon to celebrate their romantic April wedding at the stunning Wychmere! From the very beginning, they poured their hearts into planning every dreamy detail, curating an aesthetic that perfectly reflected their love story. They couldn’t wait to see it all come to life—and to share the magic with their […]

Maggie and Andrew first met nearly 11 years ago in college, where they were both members of the sailing team. On Maggie’s very first day of practice, she was paired with Andrew in his boat—a match that marked the beginning of a close friendship. After a year of spending time together on the water and […]

After returning to Massachusetts for graduate school, Maddi met Mark through a roommate she found on Facebook, who happened to be in Mark’s friend group. Mark had just moved from Texas in the fall of 2018. Maddi and Mark often marvel at how fate brought them together from opposite sides of the country. Maddi never […]

Lisa and Alan describe their meeting as a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence! Lisa, a retired Air Force Lieutenant Colonel who spent 24 years moving across the U.S., and Alan, a Gastroenterologist who commuted daily from Newton Center to Providence for 30 years, certainly didn’t have many opportunities to cross paths—until the pandemic. With his endoscopy office closed, […]

Caroline and Stephen met online in June of 2019 and began dating in July. While at the time they lived about an hour away, the came to find out they actually worked around the corner from each other! The New York and Massachusetts natives chose to settle in CT but came back to MA for […]