This Delaware couple found their heart’s match in medical school. By Lisa Dukart Devin Sullivan wasn’t looking for a relationship when she met Blake Shoemaker, but she couldn’t deny their instant connection. They became fast friends, good friends. The two students met the day before starting at Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine. Because the first letters of their last ...

A Bethlehem couple celebrates family in their Bethany Beach nuptials. By Lisa Dukart Photographs by Maria Deforrest It was a classic modern-day meet cute. After growing up in neighboring towns, with a number of friends in common, Emily Graveno and Joshua Ehret didn’t meet each other until college—where they were miles farther apart. Emily went on to study at Penn ...

A Delaware couple transformed a backyard for their perfect wedding celebration. By Lisa Dukart It started the way so many modern romances do: a couple of right swipes and a few exchanged messages. That was all it took for Amanda McCollom to suggest that she and Michael Morgan take their connection offline and into the world. Soon after ...

A Maryland couple with Delaware roots returned to the First State to tie the knot. By Lisa Dukart Char Manlove-Laws and Jestin Allen might have caught each other’s eye in passing at their church, but it took two years for the acquaintances to finally begin dating. A longtime congregant of Simpson United Methodist Church in Wilmington, Delaware, where ...

Nancy Alhum has helped hundreds of Main Line women find their dream dresses. What happened when it was her turn to be the bride?

After postponing their wedding for a year, a Broomall, Pennsylvania couple finally tied the knot. By Lisa Dukart Some of the best romances bloom out of friendship. Such was the case for Kara Henry and Dan Hamer, who were introduced by mutual friends while students at Cardinal O’Hara High School and Monsignor Bonner & Archbishop Prendergast Catholic ...

These law school classmates speed-dated before slowly finding their way to “forever” in Delaware. By Annie Ward Taylor Gillan and Nathan “Nate” Marketich met their second year of law school at the University of Pittsburgh in 2015. “We sat one seat away from each other and spoke like two times all semester, but during finals we really ...

Photos by Rachel Smith Photography A Delaware couple had decided to part ways until a car accident rekindled their romance. By Lisa Dukart However unlikely, it was a car accident that rekindled the love between Alexandra Demyanovich and Ash Bender, a couple that had broken up. They met in October of 2012 after matching on a dating app. Wasting ...

For this Kennett Square couple, the perfect wedding equaled a laid-back party filled with love, laughter and lots of lights. Words by Ashley Breeding Photography by Ashley Shuey  After more than a decade of dating, Samantha Ross and Nicole Georgalas, of Kennett Square, had planned to marry on September 12, 2020. It would be a lavish affair with ...

For this Wilmington couple, a steaming cup of java and a hockey game brought their families together. By Lisa Dukart Photos by Becca Neufeld Photography Like the best cup of coffee—rich in flavor and texture—Laura Scharp and Harry Wooding’s relationship is a perfect blend. Fittingly, it was over one such cup of coffee at Brew HaHa! in Trolley Square ...