Juliana & John
Wedding Party
Anna Sabatello
Maid of Honor
She just kind of showed up one day when I was four years old, moved into my house, and never left. I thought Mom got me a lifelike baby doll to play with, but turns out Mom brought home my lifelong best friend and unwavering source of unconditional love and support. Pretty good deal. Anny (I know you go by Anna now, but I just can’t call you that, sorry sis) is an ultrasound tech with a love for dinosaurs, Bob’s Burgers, and stealing my sweatshirts.
Melissa Rodzen
Bridesmaid
I sat down in first period English on the first day of high school in front of this girl with a ton of energy, a skirt, tie, and combat boots, and a notebook full of summer reading notes who greeted me enthusiastically and launched into a story about how she missed the bus that morning. I thought I couldn't imagine being so outgoing and confident. Since then, she's been the extrovert to my introvert, the logical to my emotional, the spontaneous to my inhibited, and the adventurous to my cautious. I’m a more balanced, whole person because of her. She's like a second sister to me.
Jessica Cowan
Bridesmaid
When I met Jessica sophomore year of high school, I was pretty sure I ruined any potential friendship with my awkward foot-in-mouth conversation before it even started. Now when I think of high school, I think about playing Twister outside at lunch and covered in paint on the beach, sitting in the open trunk of Jessica’s Pathfinder in the parking lot after school, and wearing the stick-on mustaches Jessica got me on senior sign-out day. I think about our picnics at Okeheelee Park climbing trees and playing on swings, clinging to the last days of our childhood. I am so lucky to have had a friend like her who understood me when I felt like no one ever could and for our friendship to be a constant in our lives through everything the past 10 years have thrown our way.
Jason Donnelly
Best Man
Jason is my oldest younger brother, because that's not confusing at all. He enjoys being the middle child of our family. We weren't the closest of siblings growing up but that middle child thing managed to bring us closer together. He likes to collect letters to put behind his name on his ID badge at work. He also likes to remind me how great overtime pay is. On the side, he is working to create a name for himself on Instagram with Sarah Wilkins, who takes really great photos! Jason, the artist formerly known as Anny, and I formed the dark triad about a year ago to scheme about proposal plans. They were both involved early on, and probably more on top of it than I was. It's only fitting that they're both playing such prominent roles in our wedding! Plus he's my brother, so... yeah!
Skip McClinton
Groomsman
We met Skip in college, where he was the coolest guy on campus. Lots of people would sign on to report Skip sightings on YikYak. Juliana met him freshman year and John met him a year later - they roomed together for their last two years at UM. He has been an amazing friend to both of us all these years and we are lucky to know him. He also makes some killer desserts and shares John's love for Mexican cuisine. He currently resides in Virginia with his wife, Maerna, and dog, Denver. We don't get to see them in person as often as we would like, but we video chat with them pretty often. We're so sorry that we get to enjoy Disney more (more frequently anyway) than you do now, Skip! We love you!
Jeremy Donnelly
Groomsman
My youngest brother, Jeremy, came into my life during my sophomore year of high school (sophomore years have big things going for them apparently). He's pretty cool, and he's a gamer. He really loved coming up to spend summers with us in Orlando, but now that we're living within 30 minutes of him, we hope we'll get to see him a lot more often!!! He can educate you on all the memes, he's really smart and good at math (*sniff* I'm so proud) ...he just won't text you back haha.