Sometimes five minutes is all it takes. Back in 2015, Caroline Elliott met Eddie Hill while working at a Children’s Harbor camp together. Though their first encounter lasted only five minutes, it led to a beautiful wedding just across the street at Church in the Pines years later.
“Fast forward two months, and I’m moving into my apartment in Auburn and out of the first floor walks Eddie. We were neighbors for two years after this chance meeting two months prior. We both remembered each other, so clearly, it meant something,” said Elliott.
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