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onathan Reda and Frances Cosgrove just kept
missing each other. He moved to Chapel Hill in second grade and graduated from East Chapel Hill High School in 2003. Frances left Richfield, North Carolina, in 2005 to attend UNC for nursing. Just as she was arriving, Jonathan moved to New York to attend Fordham University. The two eventually ended up in the area at the same time, meeting online in 2018 before their first date at Los Tres Mexican Restaurant in Durham. “We wore matching outfits to the date,” the couple says. “We have been together ever since.” Christmastime in New York City was Jonathan’s idea of the perfect time and place to propose, so during a trip on Dec. 29, 2019, he popped the question in Washington Square Park, an ode to “When Harry Met Sally,” Frances’ favorite movie and the first one the two watched together. The ceremony and reception were held on Jan. 2, 2021, at The Cloth Mill at Eno River on a beautiful, 65-degree day with 40 guests, including the groom’s parents, Rob Reda and Susan Reda and Barbara Rivera and Eric Rivera, in attendance. The reception featured a four-course meal from Beau Catering and memorable toasts from friends and family, including the bride’s parents, Richard Cosgrove and Kay Cosgrove. Emily Robinson and Janine Brumfield, the couple’s sisters, compiled a video of congratulatory messages from those unable to attend. “[The video] was truly special, and we will cherish [it] forever,” the couple says. Jonathan and Frances live in Durham. He works as an assurance manager at PricewaterhouseCoopers, while she is a nurse practitioner at Duke. CHM 96
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May/June 2021