On July 25th, 2021, Rachel and Jeff will join with family and friends to celebrate their love and to renew their vows after 17 years of marriage.

Rachel and Jeff first met while volunteering at an extracurricular activity in high school when they were just 16 years old. They were engaged in 2003 and were married a year later.

Two years into their marriage, Rachel began experiencing some perplexing health issues. She had come down with a virus that would not go away and was enduring extreme fatigue and heart issues. After several months, she decided to see an autonomic doctor at Vanderbilt. While it took nearly a year and a half to get a diagnosis, the news that she received was heartbreaking. She was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, an incredibly rare condition that breaks down the connective tissue in your body. The past five years have seen many ups and downs for Rachel and Jeff as Rachel’s disease has continued to progress.

We were blessed to have met Rachel and Jeff and are honored to help them renew their vows. We teamed up with dear our friend, Laurie D’Anne Events and cannot wait to see what she has planned for our sweet couple.

On July 15, 2021, Beth and Kiarr will gather with their family and friends to renew their vows and to celebrate a love that has forged through sickness and sorrow.

Beth and Kiarr met during their first year in college. They were married in 2003, during a massive blizzard where sadly, many of their loved ones were unable to attend and all of the photos from the day were lost.

In 2018, Beth started having some concerning breast issues. After undergoing a series of tests, she was diagnosed with an incredibly aggressive form of metastatic breast cancer. She immediately underwent a double mastectomy and hysterectomy, followed by a rigorous chemotherapy and radiation schedule. While her treatments initially worked, her cancer returned this past year and has spread to her lungs, bones and skull.

Sadly, Beth lost her battle with breast cancer just 10 days before our wish was supposed to take place.

On June 15, 2021, Pam and Josh will stand before their family and friends to pledge their lives to one another in marriage and celebrate a love that has already conquered so much.

Pam and Josh first met through friends in 2017. The two had recently ended relationships and began chatting and getting to get to know each other long distance (Pam was in Oregon, Josh was in Washington). As things progressed, they fell for each other and began dating. As Pam and Josh’s connection deepened, they found healing in their beautiful relationship.

In 2019, Pam started having some unexplained extreme fatigue that was interfering greatly with her job. After consulting with her doctor, she was misdiagnosed with narcolepsy. Soon after she discovered a lump in her breast. While her doctor initially thought it was just breast sensitivity, an ultrasound later revealed a massive tumor. Pam immediately underwent an emergency biopsy and sadly received a heartbreaking diagnosis, triple negative invasive ductile carcinoma.

We’re thrilled to have met Pam and Josh and are looking forward to making their dream of a wedding come true. We’ve brought on an amazing planner in Natalie of Carpe Diem Events and are blown away by the incredible team of wish granters she has recruited.

Kate and Shane first met in 2013. Shane had recently returned from an Army tour in Iraq and Kate, also a veteran, was working on a PHD in public health. The two kept running into each other at veteran events and decided to go out. In Kate’s words, “each time we went out, I was continually surprised by him.” The two became seriously almost immediately and were engaged within a year. Shortly after, Kate landed an interview for a professorship in Charleston and the two stopped at a courthouse on the way there and eloped!

In 2018, at the behest of her doctor, Kate had a routine mammogram. Sadly, Kate’s mammogram revealed the worst. She had three tumors in her breast and lymph nodes. Kate was diagnosed with an aggressive form of heterogenous stage IV breast cancer.

Kate is fighting with all of her might for her sweet little family. We were so touched by her and Shane’s story and cannot wait to help them renew their vows. We brought on board Rebecca Hicks, an old friend of ours, to help and are thrilled with the team that she has brought on board. A veteran herself, Rebecca and Kate have hit it off and we’re looking forward to the amazing celebration tomorrow.

Joe and Kristina first met years ago at one of Joe’s gigs. Joe’s played in a band with Kristina’s cousin so that two would run into each other at the shows. At the time, Joe was happily married to his wife of 20 years but lost her to a sudden illness in 2010. Four years later, Joe and Kristina reconnected online. They started dating immediately and ended up eloping in Las Vegas a year later.

Just two years into their wedding bliss, Joe was diagnosed with Stage four lung cancer and has been fighting hard for the past two years. We fell in love with this amazing couple and are honored to grant their wish for a vow renewal.

Amanda and Travis first met in high school but didn’t get to know one another until they were seated next to each other at a friend’s engagement party years later. Their connection was immediate and quickly fell in love and embarked upon a life together.

In the past 13 years since they were married, Amanda and Travis have experienced a lifetime of dramatic highs and lows, including infertility, brain surgery, heart surgery and two strokes. Throughout it all, their love has not wavered. We have loved getting to know this couple and simply cannot wait to grant their wish for a vow renewal.

Ben and Heather met in February of 2011. They were working on a project together for Ben’s company and found themselves trapped in a break room all day waiting out a snowstorm. As the hours passed and they chatted and got to know each other, they knew they had found something special. They two began dating immediately and were married four months later.

We are thrilled to be granting this wish for Ben and Heather. We’ve joined forces with our new friend, Morgan Floyd of Hooch and Honey and have been so touched by the incredible effort she has put into making this wish so special. Morgan lined up an amazing team of wish granters and we’re so excited to see it all unfold.

Less than a year ago, Ben began experiencing a variety of cold and allergy symptoms that wouldn’t go away. As the symptoms began to worsen, he found himself coughing up blood. He made an appointment with his doctor and after undergoing a series of tests, was sadly diagnosed with lung cancer.

Tomorrow, on January 12, 2021, Stephanie and Ronnie will gather before their loved ones to commit their lives to one another. While we had hoped to have this wish later this week at the Great Lakes Culinary Center, Ronnie’s as suffered some significant health setbacks in his battle with brain cancer in the past weeks, forcing us to move the wish to Ronnie and Stephanie’s home.

We have been so moved by this beautiful couple and are honored to grant their wish for a wedding. Our amazing planner has secured an incredible crew of wish granters, and while they all will not be able to attend due to our last minute change of plans and Ronnie’s health, we wanted to publicly thank and celebrate them.

Emil and Halie’s love story began just over two and a half years ago when they first saw each other across the room at their local cancer hospital. Emil has been struggling with sickle cell anemia since birth and was at the hospital to receive treatment. As fate would have it, the two matched on a dating app that very night and quickly fell in love.

Sadly, sickle cell is an uncurable disease and one that causes tremendous pain, fatigue, frequent hospitalizations, routine blood infusions and often, surgery. In Emil’s case, the disease has advanced considerably over the years, causing complications that will require a him to have a hip and shoulder replacement. Despite putting on a brave face and never complaining, Emil fights constant exhaustion and pain and has spent several weeks in the hospital already this year.

We were incredibly touched by Emil and Halie’s journey and are in awe of the ways in which they have cared for each other and persevered through Emil’s illness. We’re thrilled to grant them this wish for a wedding and hope that their story serves as a beacon of hope for others.

Sheila and Stevans first started dating in high school. They fell for each other immediately and ended up dating for the rest of high school and all throughout college. Once Sheila moved back to Miami, they moved in together and started their careers.

In 2018, Sheila was working as a paralegal for a law firm. She was working a lot of long, stressful hours and started getting sick frequently. Although many of her symptoms could be easily explained away as a bad cold, she was missing a lot of work and lost hearing in of one of her ears. Months of tests and specialist visits finally revealed a devastating diagnosis. An MRI revealed a rare cancerous tumor at the base of her skull. She endured 2 complicated surgeries to have the tumor removed, followed by chemotherapy, radiation and months of therapy.

We’ve loved this couple since the minute we met them and cannot wait to grant their wish for a wedding.