[This is the Love Letter newsletter. Sign up here to receive it in your inbox. ] There is absolutely nothing that can prepare you for the sudden death of a loved one. Survivors are often plagued with unanswered questions and unimaginable grief. In this week’s Modern Love essay, writer Zoe Fishman, who met and married…
Honeymoons are about connecting and making memories, and there are as many ways to do that as there are newly wedded couples. Some duos are looking for “the quintessential romantic getaway with beach time and bungalows,” said Dan Austin, founder of Austin Adventures, a Montana-based tour operator, while others are “looking for more action and…
Spending time with your significant other’s family during the holidays can be stressful, especially if you’re meeting them for the very first time. While each romantic relationship moves at its own pace, Wyatt Fisher, a clinical psychologist in Boulder, Colo., recommends waiting about three months from when you first started dating to introduce your partner…
Liane Marie Terracciano and Daniel Robert Morgese were married Dec. 14 at the Parish of St. John Bosco, the Church of Our Lady of Mercy, in Port Chester, N.Y. The Rev. Patrick Angelucci, a Roman Catholic priest, led the ceremony. Mrs. Morgese, 31, is a group director of strategy in Stamford, Conn., at Octagon, a…
Karla Patricia Perez and Jason De Los Reyes were married Dec. 12 at the Pazo de San Lorenzo, an events space in Santiago, Spain. The Rev. Ricardo Freire, a Roman Catholic priest, performed the ceremony. Mrs. De Los Reyes, 35, is a kindergarten teacher at the Basilica School of St. Mary in Alexandria, Va. She…
Lindsay Grace Vogelman and Benjamin Lewis Bell were married Dec. 14 at 501 Union, an events space in Brooklyn. Marcia J. Sikowitz, a judge for the Kings County Housing Court in Brooklyn and an aunt of the bride, officiated. Ms. Vogelman, 31, is the director of special events and sponsorships for Tommy Hilfiger in Manhattan.…
Amanda Katherine Bresler and Matthew Synenberg Ronen were married Dec. 14 at the Angel Orensanz Foundation, an events space in Manhattan. Rabbi Mark Wildes officiated, with Shawn Lichaa, of the Karaite Jews of America, taking part. The bride, 31, is the chief strategy officer of PW Communications, a consulting firm based in Rockville, Md., that…
Kathryn Julia Cullinane and Daniel Roger Arnold were married Dec. 14 at Tantalus Estate Vineyard on Waiheke Island in Auckland, New Zealand. Madeleine Fay, an independent celebrant, officiated. Ms. Cullinane, 32, works in New York as a senior product designer at NYT Cooking, the cooking app at The New York Times. Until April, she was…
Beth Ann Lancaster and Daniel Peter Anderson were married Dec. 14 at the Rainbow Room in New York. The Rev. Deric A. Taylor, a Lutheran minister, officiated. Until August 2018, Mrs. Lancaster-Anderson, 46, worked in New York as an office manager for exchange traded funds at OppenheimerFunds, a unit of the Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance…
Melissa Brittany Leifer and Max Dylan Bartell were married Dec. 14 by Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky at Temple Emanu-El in Closter, N.J. The couple graduated from Binghamton University, she summa cum laude with degrees in mathematical sciences and business, and he cum laude. Mrs. Bartell, 26, is a program associate focusing on organizational sustainability at UJA…