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PANDEMIC PIVOTS
Best of Both Worlds Four couples who found a way to keep their 2020 wedding date and still host a COVID-safe gathering
NO-PRESSURE ROUND TWO:
Kaitlyn and Adam Thomas When the COVID-19 pandemic began in early 2020, Kaitlyn (Rohde) and Adam Thomas had already been planning their wedding—set for December that year—for months. “We thought by December, we’d be in the clear,” Kaitlyn says. But by November, new coronavirus cases were on the rise, and travel was discouraged. “At that point, our guests had started cancelling, because we were planning to get married two weeks before Christmas,” she explains. “With the holidays, they didn’t want to jeopardize potentially not seeing family, so we just decided to postpone the party.” 28
COLUMBUS WEDDINGS SPRING/SUMMER 2022
Their venue, Jorgensen Farms Oak Grove in Westerville, offered to let them keep their original date, if they decided to go ahead with a small ceremony. So on Dec. 12, 2020, with only 16 close family members included, Kaitlyn and Adam tied the knot. Kaitlyn’s uncle officiated, and celebrations included dinner at Vittoria in Powell and a small morning-after brunch. “Adam would say that he really wanted a small, intimate wedding, but we both come from pretty big families,” making a smaller event impossible under normal circumstances, Kaitlyn says. “He really enjoyed the small, intimate wedding, and I did too. It ended up being really fun.” But, for Kaitlyn, a few things were missing. “I didn’t get to wear my dress, and I didn’t get to
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BY VIRGINIA BROWN
