He moved the furniture out of the living room and used the items-along with roses, sunflowers, seashells and rocks-to create a large heart-shaped arrangement on the floor. ![]() While she was gone, Brett went to the crafts store and bought faux butterflies, birds and grapes. ![]() The proposal: On the one-year anniversary of their first date, Elizabeth was a little suspicious when Brett started cleaning their house and suggested that she get her nails done. He stayed by her side through surgeries, chemotherapy and radiation, and Elizabeth’s cancer is now in remission. “I didn’t want him to feel he had to stay,” Elizabeth says, “that he had to do anything sooner than he was ready to do because of the situation.” Brett says it was a lot to process, but he was hoping for the best. Then, in June 2018, Elizabeth was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer. They were getting serious, with talk of ring sizes and wedding dresses. Brett says he thought it was a good first date: “We had some vibe going on between the two of us and I was hoping for a second date.”ĭifficult news: The couple dated long distance until Elizabeth moved back to Maryland in the spring of 2018. They had dinner at Del Frisco’s Grille (now closed) and walked around the shops. “It was comfortable from the start,” says Elizabeth, who was charmed by Brett telling her that she was pretty and opening doors for her. The first date: A few months later, Elizabeth was in Maryland for a friend’s baby shower, and she and Brett went on a date at Pike & Rose in North Bethesda. I sort of let it all out there, and he was still interested,” she says. “Because I never really thought that we would meet, I was more open with him. They texted and talked on the phone, but Elizabeth says she didn’t think anything would come of it since they lived in different cities. Brett lived in Bethesda and Elizabeth was in graduate school at Columbia University in New York. How they met: In June 2017, they matched on the Jewish dating app JSwipe. ![]() He is a 2002 graduate of Winston Churchill High School and is head of operations at Fairway Asset Corp., a mortgage lender in Silver Spring. Brett Weiss, 38, moved from Alabama to Potomac in 1999. She has a master’s degree in social work and is involved with breast cancer outreach and advocacy. The Couple: Elizabeth Greenfield-Weiss (maiden name Greenfield), 37, grew up in Bethesda and graduated from Walt Whitman High School in 2002. Photo by Jana Scott A long-awaited day With 17 guests at their backyard wedding, a bride and groom kept things small and personal
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