Thanks so much Carly and Sarah for sending us your story!
Sarah and I met on match.com in the fall of 2007. I was traveling for the week for work, and we ended up speaking on the phone every night for hours. When we finally met after I was back, it was instant chemistry. We’ve taken it slow for lesbians; we waited a year after we started dating to move in together!
From the very beginning my grandmother adored Sarah. She was the first person in my family to meet her, and within months was asking “When are you and Sarah getting married? I won’t be around forever, and I want to be at your wedding.” As she got older, eventually this question shortened to “When?”
Two days after my grandmother suffered a stroke, Sarah and I were sitting by her bedside to give my parents a break. Grandma opened her eyes and asked “Carly?” I told her I was there, and she asked “Where’s Sarah?” Sarah assured Grandma she was right there, and then Grandma rolled over to face Sarah, took her ring off her finger, and handed it to Sarah. I think in that moment Grandma knew she wouldn’t live to see our eventual wedding, and wanted to make sure she was involved!
I proposed to Sarah a few weeks later using Grandma’s ring, and we’re getting married this October. I can’t imagine spending my life with anyone other than Sarah! She’s my everything, and while in many ways we’re different, we definitely share the same sense of humor. We like to joke that we met each other on the internet, found our dog on the internet, and plan on adopting kids from the internet! (The last part is mostly a joke).
All images by Isabel March Photography
The story about your grandmother made me cry. How touching. Beautiful photo shoot and congrats!
::wibble:: What a gorgeous ring and what a lovely story!
such a sweet story! i love how meaningful the ring is. good luck and congratulations!
My Grandmother died recently and this story totally made me cry! My partner and I hope to get married within the next 2 years and it devastates me to know she won’t be there. I love the photo shoot!! So cute! And the ring is beautiful!
How funny that you found me on the internet, too. :) You guys make me smile.
So awesome! Congrats! I’m from the Princeton/Lawrenceville area and miss it very much!! Your story made me all nostalgic. I’m sure your Grandmother is smiling down on you!
Such a great story you guys…too cute and of course brought tears to my eyes
Thank you everyone for all the great well wishes! Carly and I are so excited to be able to share these pictures with you! We can not say enough awesome things about working with Isabel, and are so thankful we have her to shoot our wedding day! (and no she is not paying me to say that) We think everyone should use her!!
I love you both and am so honored to be a part of your lives (& your wedding). Yours is truly a love story and having you share just a little bit of your lives with me (& Chris & Logan) means so much!