Shannon Renee Kahlden and Christopher Roger Westerlind were married Dec. 27 at Sweetwater Country Club in Sugar Land, Texas. Crawford Mayfield, a Universal Life minister, officiated, incorporating Christian traditions. On July 18, the couple is to have a religious ceremony at Karlstad Cathedral in Karlstad, Sweden. Ms. Kahlden, 26, is a law clerk at Cravath,…
Colette Laurel Coleman and David John Davoli were married Dec. 23 at the Onondaga County Courthouse in Syracuse, N.Y. Brian F. DeJoseph, an associate justice of the appellate division, fourth department, officiated. The bride, 38, is a writer and the director of business development at Zinc Learning Labs, an education technology company in New York.…
[This is the Love Letter newsletter. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox. ] A mother’s love can’t pay the bills. It can’t put a roof over your head, and it can’t make ends meet. But maybe, with its strength and stability, it can be enough to inspire the pursuit of a better…
The way you meet your future spouse sets the tone for everything to come, some people believe, much like the opening music in a movie. This has definitely been true for Jennifer and Charanpaul Singh Gill who recently celebrated their 20th wedding anniversary (and appeared in the Vows column on Oct. 31, 1999). The two…
Kimberly Ann Duva and Meredith Reade Miller were married Dec. 16 at their apartment in Manhattan. Hilary Gingold, a civil court judge with chambers in Brooklyn, officiated. Ms. Duva (left), 48, is the global head of premium accounts in the advertising division of Amazon in Manhattan. She graduated from Hartwick College in Oneonta, N.Y., and…
Samantha Hindel Meyer and Edward John McGarrigle were married Dec. 21 at Maritime Parc, an events space in Jersey City, N.J. Brian Pramberger, a friend of the couple who became a Universal Life minister for the occasion, led a ceremony incorporating Jewish traditions. Mrs. McGarrigle, 31, is an associate media director at 360i, a digital…
Deborah Anne Gist and Ronnie Dale Jobe are to be married Dec. 22 at their home in Tulsa, Okla. The Rev. Courtney Richards, a Disciples of Christ minister, is to officiate, with the Rev. Mark R. Wood, an Episcopal priest, to take part. Dr. Gist, 53, is the superintendent of the Tulsa Public Schools. She…
Diane Shuyan Hu and Alexander Joseph William Sappington were married Dec. 20 at Villa Serenita, a rental home in St. Thomas, in the United States Virgin Islands. Michael Motylinski, who received an online ordination through the Wanderlust Bay Ministries, officiated. The couple met at Princeton, from which each graduated, the bride cum laude and the…
The holidays are here, and so is the season for marriage proposals. The peak time for many couples to become engaged is typically from Thanksgiving to Valentine’s Day. Of the 10 most popular days to propose, six take place during the holidays, with Christmas Day the most favored of all, according to WeddingWire. Holiday engagements,…
Kristin Maria Cahill and James Ernest Iñiguez were married Dec. 21 at the Atelier Ballroom in Jersey City, N.J. Jaimee Lynn Nelson, a Universal Life minister and a friend of the couple, officiated. The bride, 45, is the founding principal of H.E.R.O. High in the Bronx. She graduated magna cum laude from the University of…