Sturgeon Bay's Crossroads at Big Creek | Ellen and Jon's Engagement Session

We harvested milkweed seeds along the way, carefully pinching each pod’s center to reveal the cottony fluff inside. Maybe one pod would have been enough back when we were seven; we are grown now, our hands more capable of holding nature’s treasures but just as willing to let them go. Three pods will do.

We grasp our seeds as we stand beside each other. Our glances cross silently communicating that “it is time.”

We move in unison, gently uncupping our hands and scattering the seeds with our breath. They catch the wind and are carried further than by our power alone.

“What did you wish for?”

“For us to get married.”

“But we’re already doing that!”

“Well, it’s my wish.”