Serena's Story

    Rocco and I met at Ft. Meade, MD while attending school. Both of us being United States Marines, it was very hard to start a relationship. Soon one of us would be graduating and going to a new base, as would the other one a few months down the road. Who knew if we’d be together?

     Well, as it happened, Rocco got stationed in Cherry Point, NC, and I in Beaufort, SC. It sounds close, a state apart, but it’s not! Six hour drives were the norm, and me doing it every Friday night and Sunday afternoon. I put almost 24,000 miles on my brand new car in 5 months!

    One weekend Rocco and I went up to visit my sister in Virginia Beach, about 3 hours from Cherry Point. On that day, July 19th, Rocco proposed to me, while watching the Outdoor Recreation Games on ESPN. Romantic, huh?

     Immediately I started looking for places to have the wedding, low on cost but in the middle of our two families (his family is from Wisconsin and mine from Pennsylvania). I was on theknot.com when I found the Hitching Post, and I immediately fell in love. I called my mom and told her to look at the site, and she said it was wonderful too! I called the number and talked to the house owner, Wendy, who also happened to be the wedding planner! She was so helpful in everything I asked her, and I knew this was the right place.

     Right away we started planning, and in a few months we had almost everything in place. Red roses for the flowers and bows on the cake.

     Before I knew it, the day before the wedding was here. The night before, I had burnt a hole through my veil, so I was a nervous wreck! But Wendy came to the rescue and sewed a whole new veil for me, which turned out beautiful.

     Another crazy thing happened: I found out that my great, great, great uncle, Notley Tomlinson had lived in this exact house that I was getting married in! It was crazy.

     The wedding went just as planned, and the whole night was a success. I wouldn’t have changed a thing.

     I love Rocco more and more everyday, and we’re both glad we had such a wonderful place to have our wedding!