the journal

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 […]

Christy and Keith met in Colorado through mutual friends and thus began a friendship that later blossomed. The two were friends for years before they began dating. When Christy moved back home to MA from Colorado, Keith ,who had also grown up in the area, would always reach out when home visiting. In 2018, Keith […]

Annie and Will met in 2015 at Hobart and William Smith College. Friends first, they didn’t start dating until 2016 and have been together ever since. The two were looking forward to a casual, fun and elegant day with family and friends celebrating their union.  Annie grew up in Essex and Will in Gloucester. Already […]

Lauren and Chris have a love story thats spans their lifetimes. Their first likely meeting was when they were in the same first grade class in their hometown. Years later at Westward Academy, the two began dating in Freshman year until their Senior year when they parted ways to attend UNH and Penn State. Eight […]

Amanda and Brian met in college at Bentley University at the start of their senior year in 2018. Over time, the two not only fell in love with each other but also felt a wonderful bond with each others families as well.  The two chose the Fairmont Copley Plaza after their first look at the […]

Bella and Mikey met at Fairfield University in 2013 while students in the same English class. Two years later, friendship turned into romance when they began dating and nine years later, these two best friends were married on Cape Cod. Mikey grew up in West Yarmouth and after they began dating, Cape Cod became a […]

Shannon and Craig met on Hinge four years ago while Shannon was a senior at Boston College and had moved home to finish classes remotely. Craig at the time was living in Boston for work. Their first date was at the Warehouse Bar and Grill and after dinner they walked along the water hoping to […]

Alexis and Shaun met in college and, as the saying goes, it was love at first sight. Both noted, and it was clear to see, that the wonderful positive energy that these two lovely people radiated was one of the things that brought them together. Bride and Groom were excited for a fun and romantic […]