Henri put a halt to a lot of folks’ plans, but for one Massachusetts couple whose wedding was supposed to take place on the beach in Narragansett, not even a hurricane could stop them from their big day. Jon and Deb Cohan, of Foxborough, can laugh about it now, but getting married has been anything but a joyful journey. Their original wedding date was Sept. 13, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to that, so they planned to try again on Sunday.Henri had different plans. By Friday, they realized their dream wedding on Narragansett beach was once again in peril. “I started getting very nervous, getting angry, making a lot of bargains with the universe,” Deb Cohan said. At first, they were able to secure another location three miles from the beach, but as Henri was upgraded to a hurricane, that too had to be scratched. “With every step forward, we had something throw itself back at us, but damn it, we were doing it,” Jon Cohan said.Not giving up, on Sunday morning the decision was made to hold the ceremony in the couple’s back yard, but the rabbi and wedding party was already on the road as Henri rolled ashore. “Deb had some friends in Rhode Island and they had to come back up. I had a relative driving from New Jersey and had to turn around on the GW Bridge,” John Cohan said.The old saying that rain on a wedding day is good luck never mentions a tropical storm. But when Deb shared her wedding day jitters on the town’s Facebook page, it proved love comes in many forms. “People were amazing,” she said. “I got a last-minute make-up artist to come over. I got just incredible good wishes from people. People who lived around the corner from us did a drive-by and dropped off flowers and champagne and chocolate for us. It was nice. It was so nice.” The couple is headed off for a pre-honeymoon to Vermont.Their original honeymoon of a European River Cruise had to be canceled twice. They are crossing their fingers there won’t be any problems for the trip that is now scheduled for May 2022.
Henri put a halt to a lot of folks’ plans, but for one Massachusetts couple whose wedding was supposed to take place on the beach in Narragansett, not even a hurricane could stop them from their big day.
Jon and Deb Cohan, of Foxborough, can laugh about it now, but getting married has been anything but a joyful journey.
Their original wedding date was Sept. 13, 2020. The COVID-19 pandemic put a halt to that, so they planned to try again on Sunday.
Henri had different plans. By Friday, they realized their dream wedding on Narragansett beach was once again in peril.
“I started getting very nervous, getting angry, making a lot of bargains with the universe,” Deb Cohan said.
At first, they were able to secure another location three miles from the beach, but as Henri was upgraded to a hurricane, that too had to be scratched.
“With every step forward, we had something throw itself back at us, but damn it, we were doing it,” Jon Cohan said.
Not giving up, on Sunday morning the decision was made to hold the ceremony in the couple’s back yard, but the rabbi and wedding party was already on the road as Henri rolled ashore.
“Deb had some friends in Rhode Island and they had to come back up. I had a relative driving from New Jersey and had to turn around on the GW Bridge,” John Cohan said.
The old saying that rain on a wedding day is good luck never mentions a tropical storm.
But when Deb shared her wedding day jitters on the town’s Facebook page, it proved love comes in many forms.
“People were amazing,” she said. “I got a last-minute make-up artist to come over. I got just incredible good wishes from people. People who lived around the corner from us did a drive-by and dropped off flowers and champagne and chocolate for us. It was nice. It was so nice.”
The couple is headed off for a pre-honeymoon to Vermont.
Their original honeymoon of a European River Cruise had to be canceled twice. They are crossing their fingers there won’t be any problems for the trip that is now scheduled for May 2022.
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