As the COVID-19 pandemic spreads, the majority of us are anxious and overwhelmed. And when you’re engulfed in worry, you often dig further and further down that hole and forget to take in the beauty...
Jan Paul, of Clifton, New Jersey, met Michelle, of Charleston, at Suede in Mount Pleasant, where she was working during a birthday party that Jan Paul was attending. They talked over the next few months and started dating in June 2012. On a vacation to Playa del Carmen, Mexico, in June 2014, Jan Paul surprised Michelle with dinner on the beach—and a ring. They said “I do” at Magnolia Plantation and Gardens.
Photograph by Raheel Gauba