We met through the written word. A mutual acquaintance of ours, who knew Colleen through art school and Mike through the Boston Speculative Fiction writing club, addressed an e-mail to Mike with the simple subject of "So there's this friend of mine..." Curious, Mike answered the email. After a few e-mails and a phone call, we decided to meet each other at Jamaica Pond in Jamaica Plain, MA. We spent a summer evening walking around the pond with Colleen's basset hound, Beau, getting to know each other. At the end of the evening, Mike presented Colleen with a single, small rose--a token of affection and appreciation. He also offered a biscuit to Beau who, up until this point, had completely ignored him.

<a href="http://colleenandmike.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/cmb_02.jpg"><img class="aligncenter wp-image-59 size-full" src="http://colleenandmike.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/cmb_02.jpg" alt="Colleen, Mike, Beau" width="600" height="400" /></a>

Since then we have spent many weekends on Cape Cod, our love and relationship growing with each visit. And on the morning of September 28, 2013, while walking Beau on the beach, Mike knelt down in the sand and proposed to Colleen.

We want to share this special place with you, our loved ones, on our wedding day. In that spirit, we have centered the day around the elements of water, air, earth and fire, and our love for art, writing, the Cape, friends and family, and of course, each other. We welcome you, our family and friends, to celebrate this special day with us.