Lisa Flam

Sarah Price and Justin Strickland’s first date wasn’t your typical hour-long dinner. After connecting on Bumble while living in Nashville, the pair ended up spending seven hours together during that initial meetup, talking about everything from playing college sports to her dog, Vandy, and discovering that both highly value family and their Christian faith.

Shannon and Miten got married at Crossed Keys Estate held on October 29, 2023.
Their Story
Shannon Meyer knew early on that Miten Khatri, her high school sweetheart, was the guy for her. The couple, 28 years old and from Old Bridge, met during their junior year of high school in 2012. “We started off as just friends, and it grew into something more,” says Shannon, adding that she was happy when Miten asked her out a few months after they became pals.

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When it came to dating, Tiffany Lee preferred to meet someone in a traditional way, like through a friend or out and about, and she didn’t have a great outlook on dating apps. But when she met Zachary McCabe on Hinge and they went out for the first time in 2018, her reservations about online dating slipped away.

It was a small world—and a single social media post—that brought Genan Rasheed, 24, of North Bergen, and Samer Abulebda, 28, of Fairview, together in August 2021.

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By Lisa A. Flam
Tiffany Enriquez knew that weddings are expensive. Yet, shortly after getting engaged in February 2022, she felt the jolt of sticker shock as she began looking for venues and vendors.
“I didn’t realize how much money it was going to be,” says Tiffany, of Mount Olive. Tiffany and her fiancé are paying for about half of their May 2024 wedding.
What was causing Tiffany, 26, the most stress was the struggle to save for both a dream wedding and a dream home.

As a bride-to-be, Kelsey Lannon was completing a demanding medical residency and was short on time to plan her wedding. She knew she wanted to incorporate the colors burgundy and apricot but needed design ideas and a creative vision for the event.

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Brielyn Souza donned a cathedral-length veil for her church wedding in 2015, but popped on a fresh floral crown for the reception.
With its earthly beauty, the crown fit the laid-back, rustic-glam feel of her barn party, and felt true to a bride who often wore flowers in her hair as a girl.
“It was my version of a bride,” Souza, of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, says of the crown. “Some people put on a veil and they feel like a bride. I put on that floral crown and I felt like a bride.”

Pregnant women are more likely to suffer a severe illness from the flu and potentially life-threatening complications.

This mom's hope is that she will never get cancer and lose her hair again, keeping the tattoos hidden forever once their hair returns.

When Alexis Cardwell met AJ Nolin, a dead flower took center stage, but their relationship blossomed into a beautiful love story. The pair met as undergraduates at Syracuse University in 2016, when she was president of the theater club and he was trying out for a play.