Months of planning and booking, going through Pinterest boards, sending emails, making big decisions and rethinking small details – you had put all this work into your dream destination wedding. Suddenly a world pandemic happened and your plans have been put on hold. In a time of such uncertainty die to COVID-19, some couples are deciding that they are certain of one thing—and that’s that they want to get married, right away!
The heart of every wedding is marriage. As long as you get married then everything else is a bonus. Really when it comes down to it, it’s not about the place, the dress, the decor, in every wedding is just about the couple -the vows, the commitment to each other that is the most important part of the day. Have a look at these real-life couples who decided to go ahead with their love. We hope you’ll be comforted by their messages of love and commitment and encouraged by their plans for future celebrations. #inittogether #postponedontcancel
Social Distance
Sometimes things are not perfect, and God has a different story to be written. Trust that His is always better than the one you want to write. This couple chose to get married in private. With friends and family connecting online, they made sure to make their day special as they planned earlier.
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Lindsay & Jim had a surprise parade of wedding guests who weren’t allowed to join them due to the Coronavirus social distancing. They were so loved!
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Amanda Wheeler and Reilly Jennings married at the intersection of Bennett Street and 190th in NYC on March 20, 2020. Their friend was ordained from the state of NY to perform the wedding. The neighbors were astonished and encouraged the couple as he performed the ritual shouting from a window.
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Their wedding was postponed by months because of CARRONAVAARUS (Cardi B voice), so they decided to have a small beach elopement with their family. You can see some serious 6 ft social distancing in the pictures. What a time we are living in and what a story to tell your kids in the future, eh!
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Paula Fastuca and Ken Caccavale chose to celebrate love on their private rooftop in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. Neighbors watched from their fire escapes. Officiant stayed 6 feet away.
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Limited Guests
Alicia and Courtney were married on their front porch in Boston. Their original date of Patriots Day wasn’t looking promising and they just wanted to be married. Their parents stood on the sidewalk socially distanced from all unable to hug them but their presence was felt.
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Roxy and Alec Porter said “I do” in the groom’s parent’s backyard in Mesa, Arizona. COVID-19 made them realize that they don’t need a whole lot of things to have a special day.
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Online Wedding
4/4/20 was important to them and they insisted to keep this date as their wedding date. A perfect wedding! Ultimately love doesn’t need big venues, fancy menus, and big crowds. This couple surprised their guests with a Zoom wedding.
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Another example of a Zoom wedding. This couple was surrounded got blessings from their friends and families while all remained safe and sound in their own homes. A wonderful example of how technology can benefit us in times like this.
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After six and a half years, they finally said, “I do” in an intimate setting with the help of online technology.
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Aimée Sommerville and Seth Assam married in the bride’s parents’ living room in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The bride’s father facilitated the private ceremony as her mother and Seth’s parents looked on. Of course, they missed the presence of their guests on their special day, but they are excited to host their reception in the future “take two.”
In House Wedding
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When you marry your best friend, nothing else matters. They didn’t let the virus stop their journey of love, so they planned an intimate wedding in their house.
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Lindsay & Chris had a big beautiful wedding planned, although they postponed the big wedding & party, they didn’t want to change the original date. So they conducted their nuptials in the living room with their pastor making it happen, families on Zoom. Their families pulled a genius-level move by using photos of their living rooms as their virtual backgrounds on Zoom while they were secretly lining up a vehicle parade outside after the “I do’s!”
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Elopement
“In good times, as in bad times”! Guylaine and Tim have made this term even more real! They may not have had the wedding they had planned for months, they may not have had all the people they adore with them and he will not have had the big party, but they said “yes” in complete privacy despite everything! And they found the trick of taking it all with a grain of salt by celebrating this thematic photo of the moment!
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They said their vows privately on the beach where their relationship began, surrounded by a few close friends. The pictures say it all. They managed to plan a plan B in a matter of a few days.
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These two got married in the middle of the desert with the groom’s dad marrying them and 6 family members their and 28 friends and family streaming from all across the world on the phone. Sometimes the harder the situation the more appreciative you are about those really important things like the man you are about to marry and spend your life with, about the friends and family that are and aren’t here with you but are always here for you.
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This couple decided to elope to an open field where they got married with limited people maintaining the social distance.
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Feature Image Credit: @stacylarsenphotography
