Real Weddings

It was at the restaurant of their first date where Kwame took Diane leading up to asking for her hand in marriage. Love was in the air during that walk in the park where Diane said “yes,” like it was when they were first introduced by mutual best friends. A love that continued to deepen […]

High School sweethearts Lola and Gideon have known each other since childhood, having grown up together in church. “Both of us had always known there was just really something special about each other,” Lola fondly recalls, looking back on their youth. It was a beautiful Saturday morning in April when Gideon planned their perfect proposal […]

Jessica and Charles’ love story began with a meet-up of mutual friends at a rooftop bar in downtown Los Angeles. “Charles and I got into a lively debate and ended up exchanging numbers,” Jessica fondly recalls. A few weeks later a serendipitous meeting at the gym would be the catalyst to their first date. With […]

It was Nanelle’s first year attending university in the states when she initially crossed paths with Emmanuel. As the orientation leader, Emmanuel was showing Nanelle around campus, eventually becoming her “go-to” person for navigating her new student life. Soon they became a support for each other, and that relationship would construct the foundation of trust […]

“Little did I know I was shaking the hand of my future husband,” Krystal fondly recalls of the first time she met David. With both their best friends dating, they invited Krystal and David to dinner, opening the first chapter of their love story, and creating a bond that would carry them to the altar […]

Although Adenike and Leland attended the same high school, were on the same track team, and shared a class together, their love story didn’t’ truly begin until after graduating. “Apparently, at that time, it wasn’t meant-to-be because we lost contact,” Adenike recalls. It was late 2009 when Leland reached out to Adenike, initially reconnecting over […]

Ricky and Cherrell were pronounced husband and wife during a picturesque rooftop ceremony in scenic St. Louis, Missouri. Initially introduced in 2012 by a mutual friend at a small gathering, Cherrell and Ricky’s love story began to take shape over the next couple of months, serendipitously crossing paths. For every chance meeting their bond grew […]