Changing Plans Without Advance Warning

Michael Braun, 37, is a national advance lead for the presidential campaign of Joseph R. Biden Jr., the former vice president and presumptive Democratic nominee. In political parlance, he is known as an “advance man,” working with other members of Mr. Biden’s staff as well as Secret Service agents to scout locations and prepare campaign…

Her ‘Bubbie’ Was Right After All

As a pediatric oncology nurse practitioner at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, Rachel Glincher is used to bearing witness to heartache and healing. But that didn’t make it any easier when Michael Harris broke her heart in 2018. Ms. Glincher, 31, met Mr. Harris, 34, a strategic marketing director at Pfizer, on the dating app…

Finger Lakes Dreams Put on Hold

Rosie de Queljoe and Harrison Herzog had barely started dating when his mother took Ms. de Queljoe, in 2012, to a place in the Finger Lakes region of New York and told her that she should consider it as place for her wedding. “‘Even if you don’t marry my son,’” said Michaleen Herzog, who is…

Turn Your Relationship Into a Work of Art

As the coronavirus pandemic upended wedding plans and industry jobs, many couples rescheduled their engagement photo shoots in order to adhere to social distancing guidelines. Others hired illustrators to commemorate their upcoming nuptials, ceremonies and other relationship milestones. Here are a few creative examples from artists. ImageCredit…MariaAlejandra Ramirez, Moda Illustrated Engagement and Save-The-Date Cards For…

Love Letter: A Glimpse Into a Son’s Mind

Paige Martin Reynolds’s son loved bags: purses, diaper bags, suitcases, reusable grocery bags, backpacks. He also loved packing bags, filling them with anything that interested him: paperwork, produce, jewelry, juice boxes, coasters, coins. This penchant for packing — and unpacking — bags caused household objects to appear in unpredictable places (a spatula in the bathroom,…

A Bold Toast That Came True

Before they had a first date or even a first kiss, and just a handful of months after their introduction, in 2016, Maya Ariel (left) toasted Cecilia Grugan and vowed to “put a ring on her finger” in front of a group of friends. The two had first met earlier that year at the wedding…