Real Maine Weddings 2012 Page 67

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Kelli & conrad

Kelli and conrad created
the perfect pairing of
northern air and southern
flair for their coastal
maine wedding.

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elli Wong from Bangor, Maine, and Conrad Williams from New Orleans, Louisiana,
were thrown together as lab partners at Tulane University's medical school for one
reason: their last names both begin with "W". They labored through anatomy labs,
microscopic slides, and countless presentations for three years before they started
dating.

Kelli and Conrad were both working as pediatric residents in South Carolina when

Conrad decided to propose. "The hours of a pediatric intern are far from glamorous, and
Conrad and I hadn't had a weekend off together for a few months," Kelli says. The couple
made a plan to do something fun the last weekend of April 2010, which included dinner,
mini golf, and a beach day with other interns.

Armed with an engagement ring and a rose made out of a palmetto leaf (a native tree to

South Carolina), Conrad brought Kelli to a park overlooking the water and Fort Sumter to
"kill time" before dinner. "We sat on a bench and talked about the previous year, laughing at
funny stories and reminiscing about our medical mission trips abroad," Kelli says. "Then he
whipped out a palmetto leaf rose that had the most beautiful ring on it! He asked me to be
his girlfriend forever and for once in my life, I was speechless," Kelli says.

After a special five-course dinner, the couple headed to a nearby bar where Conrad arranged

for all of their friends to gather and celebrate.

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