October 5th changed their lives. That was the night that Jon saw Lori Lynn across the restaurant and just ‘knew.’ And Lori Lynn finally met the man of local legend, nicknamed “Skunk.” Lori Lynn heard about Jon (aka “Skunk”) while working on a film titled “Old Days.” A lead character named Skunk was portrayed in [ Read More ]
College Sweethearts! Melissa and Chris met while in college and instantly became best of friends, which then became a romance that has been going on for 15 years! They have two children ages 1 and 6 and have gone through quite the obstacles since 2012. In September of 2012 Melissa found out that she [ Read More ]
Taylor met Robert playing intramural sports at East Carolina University. Robert admired Taylor’s athletic ability and it wasn’t long before he started pursuing her. Just a couple of weeks after their first meeting, on October 16, 2007, Taylor went to the emergency room with abdominal pain. After a few hours and several tests, doctors told [ Read More ]
Lori and Mark’s story first started in 1981 at Bolingbrook High School when they shared the same group of friends and classmates. After graduation, they didn’t keep in touch, but reconnected in 2004 via Classmates.com, and then again in 2011 on Facebook. Mark was previously adamant about not joining Facebook, but one day in the [ Read More ]
Erica actually asked out Jon through a text message and was one of the best decisions she ever made, especially when Jon said yes to her text date proposal! You can see the love they have for each other in their eyes and the way they are always holding hands or wrapping their arms around each [ Read More ]
The Orange County/Los Angeles Chapter of Wish Upon a Wedding is honored to provide the upcoming nuptials of Kelly Haro and Veronica Perez. Kelly and Veronica have been together for 6 years and are both getting married for the first time. They met at work after Veronica first noticed Kelly sitting at a desk and thought he was [ Read More ]
We tried and tried to write this story, but then realized that their love story as told by Brian in their Wish Application was so much better than anything we could write: “8,005… That is the number of messages sent back and forth between the two of us on the popular social media site, Facebook. [ Read More ]
The Northern California Chapter of Wish Upon A Wedding is pleased to announce the upcoming vow renewal celebration for Joseph and Guinevere. The couple first met each other while Joseph was working as a supervisor at California State University Hayward Library. Guinevere was a student assistant in a different library department, but her time clock [ Read More ]
When life conspires to keep you down, just get up again. It was chance when Stacey and James met for the first time, just a friendly conversation in the parking lot of his mother’s home. Stacey stopped to say, “hi,” starting a friendship that grew into a long-term love story. During a snowstorm on January [ Read More ]
Most 12 year old little girls imagine their dream wedding. They may turn a bed sheet into a wedding gown and steel their father’s suit jacket and put it on their best friend as they stand in front of the minister: her favorite stuffed bear. Most 12 year old girls would close their eyes and [ Read More ]
Jared and Stacy met at a Nascar race and instantly found their connection through easy conversation and laughter and it’s that laughter that has continued every day that is getting them through the tough times they’re facing. Jared was diagnosed with a brain tumor on September 11, 2008 and almost immediately had two surgeries to [ Read More ]
In 2005 Michael was looking for a job where he ended up meeting Angela, though it was only a seasonal position, he was called back to work again for the following holiday season. “While working there I realized what a wonderful person Angela was and how dedicated she was to her job, her employees and her [ Read More ]
When Kristy saw our last Wish Upon a Wedding wish recipients Monica and Deshawn on the news, she rushed to the WUW website and applied for her very own wish. Kristy and Tony have been together for 11 years; they met at a party through a mutual friend, and Kristy said she immediately knew Tony [ Read More ]
When child’s play flourishes into love ….. Childhood memories are always the most cherished memories that we create. The first time you ride a bike, your very first furry or fluffy friend, your first day at school! Who knew that a childhood meeting between local neighborhood kids would one day florish into finding the love [ Read More ]
How They Met: Like many couples, Kevin and Jill met at a bar, but it was the “one place” Jill swore she’d never meet a future husband! However when they saw one another, something just ‘clicked’, almost at first glance. Their Love Story: Kevin and Jill fell in love pretty quickly. They wanted to [ Read More ]
Granted by Wish Upon a Wedding LA/OC Chapter Congratulations to Adriana and Manny! We are so excited for the two and can’t wait to see their wish become a reality! The couple will be wed this Monday the 27th in Pasadena Ca. Check out their beautiful love story! Thank you to Kristi Klemens from KLK Photography [ Read More ]
Manny and Adriana Manny and Adriana met through a mutual friend in 2006 and at the first time she saw Manny, Adriana felt butterflies in her stomach. She felt an instant connection with Manny and told her mother the same night that she’d met her future husband. They didn’t start dating until three years later, [ Read More ]
Tiffany and Mark met in the typical Texas fashion…at a country dance club in Dallas. Tiffany was meeting up with a group of special education teachers, and Mark was supposed to be meeting a buddy from work who never showed up. Needless to say they caught each other eyes immediately from across the dance floor, [ Read More ]
The Love Story of Nick and Shannon from WUW Indy on Vimeo. For Nick, it was love at first sight. Shannon, however, wasn’t so sure. Both members of the same high school marching band, Shannon made it clear to Nick that he’d have to make some changes if he wanted to date her. After [ Read More ]
Louise and George’s love story is one that really sticks with the reader or those who hear it and know them. They share an unconditional love that inspires and a commitment to one another that was now made official through their marriage in October at the Glen Foerd Mansion in Philadelphia. Above Photo: Love letters [ Read More ]
