THE
WEDDING
ISSUE
Heather Asari Watson
& Rodney Alen Haynes
1.13.18
Photography by Meredith Morrison of Meredith Morrison Photography
OUR STORY
How we met.
We met at a church where Rodney was a deacon serving communion. I asked him for
two servings of wine/grape juice because I had, had a really bad week. He said, “Take
what you need sister.”
Our first date.
It was very nervous and awkward. We went to Sake Blue. My car was at the mechanic,
and I was communicating with the mechanic by text. So, he thought I was on the phone
too much. We hugged at the end of the date and it started to snow.
Our engagement story.
I had to have my car towed to the mechanic, so I was angry. I was also tired. I laid down
on the bed and was about to go to sleep when he said we had to go to dinner since it was
our fourth anniversary since we’d started dating. So, I got up and went, even though I
was sleepy and moody. We were talking about our relationship at dinner. He asked, “Did
you think we would be together this long?” I said no. Then, he got down on one knee and
started to yell his proposal across the restaurant. I did not understand what was going
on until he opened the box and the rest of the restaurant patrons started cheering. I
started crying and put on the ring.
Our wedding day memories.
I was worried about the wedding day because we had bad snow the night before. We
couldn’t rehearse because of snow and ice. The Second Street Bridge was closed. My
hairdresser was not able to do my hair, so I had an appointment with a stranger. I loved
getting dressed with my bridesmaids and makeup artist, who had me laughing the
entire time. I loved walking down the aisle with my father who was a few weeks out of
recovering from major surgery. I loved that my mother was able to attend (and look
good), since she has advanced Alzheimer’s disease. I lov