Help Jordan & Melissa start a short life together
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Please help raise money for Jordan & Melissa to have a wedding & start their short life together! Both have serious disabilities & illnesses (Cystic Fibrosis & Ulcerative Colitis, respectively, among other things), & therefore are unable to work. Jordan has recently been given only about 10yrs to live & they will not be easy years.
They got engaged on Christmas Eve, 2020. To their surprise, on Valentine's Day 2020, they won wedding rings in a Love Story Contest, run by a very generous & amazing lady, who was going through a divorce & wanted to pay something forward. They won with their unique Love Story, but cannot afford an actual wedding.
They got engaged on Christmas Eve, 2020. To their surprise, on Valentine's Day 2020, they won wedding rings in a Love Story Contest, run by a very generous & amazing lady, who was going through a divorce & wanted to pay something forward. They won with their unique Love Story, but cannot afford an actual wedding.
They both deserve a special day to remember!
My name is Melissa McCann. My fiance, Jordan Orr, and I are from the small town of Whitby, Ontario Canada (near Toronto). We met when we were 14 in high school band. It was not love at first sight but it was a bond at first real conversation.
Jordan was born with Cystic Fibrosis. A fatal and incurable lung disease. When I was 12 I got diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, an autoimmune disease that attacks your large intestine. I went from training with elite gymnasts to spending 7 weeks in hospital. When we first got to talking we realized we both went to the same hospital The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Throughout high school I went through 3 surgeries to have my large intestine removed, arthritis, gangrenous wounds and an ileostomy. He didn't know it at the time but he was my rock. He was the first person I knew that could relate to my medical struggles. I could bond with him over missing family, good nurses, bad nurses, medical procedures etc. He had no idea how much he meant to me.
Unfortunately after high school we went our separate ways. We both grew up, went through our own mental health struggles with depression and anxiety, alcoholism, and sexuality revelations with us both identifying as pansexual. Almost 10 years later he slides into my DM's on instagram. It's as if no time has passed. We start dating and fall in love.
When the pandemic hit Jordan was living with his parents. Jordan is medically unable to work. His parents are essential workers and still had to go out of the house to work. With Jordan having a serious lung condition if he catches covid he will most likely die. His lungs only work at 30% on a good day. When the pandemic hit I lost my job. Having an autoimmune disease it is not safe for me to go out and work. Since his parents were still going out we decided it was safer for Jordan to bunker down with me. Less chance of exposure to covid. He never left. We fell even more in love.
We've spent our lockdown learning to cook, and bake! I also have celiac disease and he's taken it as his mission to cook me all of the foods I miss and can't find gluten free versions. We've spent countless nights in our onesies watching Marvel movies and laughing so hard we cry. He doesn't have a lot of money but he spoils me with little romantic dances, delicious meals, hugs and kisses, his words. He even leaves cute little messages for me on the bathroom mirror. Not a day goes by without him telling me and showing me how much he loves me. I love him. He is my person. On Christmas eve he proposed.
This past month he hasn't been feeling great so he went to his doctor. Long story short it's not covid but they told him he only has about 10 years to live.
2020 gave me the opportunity to spend time with the man I love. We are going to get married. We don't know how but we will. I will be with him until the end. Covid made us move in together. Covid gave us time together. Time is priceless. I will always cherish the time spent in lockdown together with Jordan. He's my person. I will love him forever. I will always remember our silly little dances in the kitchen while washing dishes. I will always remember being silly and putting eyebrows on our dog. I will always remember the random water gun fights. I will always remember the nights watching movies in our onesies cuddling and laughing so hard we cry. Covid gave us the time and energy to live and have fun together.
The reason I'm writing to you is because I would like to use the money saved from buying rings and put it towards our short little life together. We can't afford a nice wedding but maybe just maybe we could get some nice rings. Thank you for listening to our love story.
Please read their touching Love Story below, as written by Melissa.
Thank you very much.
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*Love Story Contest Entry*
My name is Melissa McCann. My fiance, Jordan Orr, and I are from the small town of Whitby, Ontario Canada (near Toronto). We met when we were 14 in high school band. It was not love at first sight but it was a bond at first real conversation.
Jordan was born with Cystic Fibrosis. A fatal and incurable lung disease. When I was 12 I got diagnosed with ulcerative colitis, an autoimmune disease that attacks your large intestine. I went from training with elite gymnasts to spending 7 weeks in hospital. When we first got to talking we realized we both went to the same hospital The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. Throughout high school I went through 3 surgeries to have my large intestine removed, arthritis, gangrenous wounds and an ileostomy. He didn't know it at the time but he was my rock. He was the first person I knew that could relate to my medical struggles. I could bond with him over missing family, good nurses, bad nurses, medical procedures etc. He had no idea how much he meant to me.
Unfortunately after high school we went our separate ways. We both grew up, went through our own mental health struggles with depression and anxiety, alcoholism, and sexuality revelations with us both identifying as pansexual. Almost 10 years later he slides into my DM's on instagram. It's as if no time has passed. We start dating and fall in love.
When the pandemic hit Jordan was living with his parents. Jordan is medically unable to work. His parents are essential workers and still had to go out of the house to work. With Jordan having a serious lung condition if he catches covid he will most likely die. His lungs only work at 30% on a good day. When the pandemic hit I lost my job. Having an autoimmune disease it is not safe for me to go out and work. Since his parents were still going out we decided it was safer for Jordan to bunker down with me. Less chance of exposure to covid. He never left. We fell even more in love.
We've spent our lockdown learning to cook, and bake! I also have celiac disease and he's taken it as his mission to cook me all of the foods I miss and can't find gluten free versions. We've spent countless nights in our onesies watching Marvel movies and laughing so hard we cry. He doesn't have a lot of money but he spoils me with little romantic dances, delicious meals, hugs and kisses, his words. He even leaves cute little messages for me on the bathroom mirror. Not a day goes by without him telling me and showing me how much he loves me. I love him. He is my person. On Christmas eve he proposed.
This past month he hasn't been feeling great so he went to his doctor. Long story short it's not covid but they told him he only has about 10 years to live.
2020 gave me the opportunity to spend time with the man I love. We are going to get married. We don't know how but we will. I will be with him until the end. Covid made us move in together. Covid gave us time together. Time is priceless. I will always cherish the time spent in lockdown together with Jordan. He's my person. I will love him forever. I will always remember our silly little dances in the kitchen while washing dishes. I will always remember being silly and putting eyebrows on our dog. I will always remember the random water gun fights. I will always remember the nights watching movies in our onesies cuddling and laughing so hard we cry. Covid gave us the time and energy to live and have fun together.
The reason I'm writing to you is because I would like to use the money saved from buying rings and put it towards our short little life together. We can't afford a nice wedding but maybe just maybe we could get some nice rings. Thank you for listening to our love story.
Organizer and beneficiary
Amanda Orr
Organizer
Courtice, ON
Melissa Mccann
Beneficiary