Sam & Caroline
"Family, to me, means safety, security and love. Family means people who will accept you for your true self; people with whom you can be totally authentic. Samantha and I are newlyweds, and we are so happy that we could blend our two extended families who mean so much to us. Having gotten engaged just a few months after marriage equality passed in Virginia (and just a few months before marriage equality became legal nationwide), we got really lucky – we didn’t have to postpone our marriage plans based on the law. We know that the hard work and struggles of those who came before us helped give us our right to get married when we wanted to." - Caroline Moyer-Kardos