One Last Wish: A Wedding & Honeymoon Before What’s Next

Help Us Have the Wedding We’ve Been Dreaming Of—Before It’s Too Late

Hi, we’re Piper and Aidan.

We met when I was just 15 and he was 17—two kids who became best friends long before we realized we were soulmates. Our love story started in secret, built on late-night talks, shared dreams, and a connection so deep it felt like destiny. They called it a forbidden love, but we knew it was real—and it’s carried us through more than we ever imagined we’d have to endure.

For the past five years, Aidan has stood by me through everything: countless hospital stays, painful procedures, life-altering diagnoses, and the kind of exhaustion most people can’t even imagine. I’ve been battling multiple chronic illnesses—POTS, EDS, gastroparesis, seizures, and more. At one point, a routine surgery nearly took my life due to a rare anesthesia reaction. Since then, it’s been a constant fight to stay afloat—physically, emotionally, and financially.

Aidan has held my hand through it all. He’s worked 50–60 hour weeks to cover our expenses while also being my full-time caregiver—bringing me to doctors’ appointments, sleeping in hospital chairs, comforting me during seizures, and making sure I always know I’m loved.

We’ve dreamed of getting married for years, but every time we start to plan, something happens—a medical crisis, a hospital bill, another setback. We applied for financial help through a wedding grant program and were recently denied. This GoFundMe is our last shot.

We’re hoping to have a small, meaningful wedding as soon as possible—while we still can. With my health the way it is, we don’t know what the future holds, but we want to officially become husband and wife—no matter how simple the ceremony. We just want to share our vows, join our souls, and finally have a moment that’s ours after years of surviving everything else.

Even with all the physical challenges and limitations I face, I’ve always dreamed of seeing the world. And now, more than ever, that dream has grown into something even bigger: I want to share it with my one true soulmate.

We long to have a beautiful honeymoon—not just a moment to rest and recover, but a chance to explore, to experience life beyond survival. To feel the ocean breeze, see new places, and make memories that aren’t shaped by hospital walls. We know it won’t be easy, but even if it’s just a small slice of the world, it would mean everything to finally step into that dream—together.

The goal is $10,000 to help us have the wedding and honeymoon of our dreams—something meaningful and peaceful after years of fighting through chronic illness. It covers travel, accessibility needs, and making sure our loved ones can be there. Every dollar helps, and we’re so grateful for anything you’re able to give.This fundraiser will help us create both a small, meaningful wedding and the honeymoon we’ve always hoped for. Please, help us fulfill this dream before it’s too late—a chance to celebrate our love, our resilience, and the hope that’s kept us going through it all.

Our dream is to travel together, to explore the world hand in hand, to live fully in whatever time we’re given. We want to grow old together, but with all the fearful uncertainty, for now, we’re just hoping to make it down the aisle.

If you can help—even a little—we’d be forever grateful. Every dollar goes toward creating a small celebration of love, hope, and commitment. And even if it’s not the wedding we imagined, just having it at all would mean the world to us.

Thank you for reading our story and being part of it.

With love,

Piper & Aidan