{"id":126819,"date":"2020-12-05T02:29:06","date_gmt":"2020-12-04T23:29:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/stranger-hosts-couples-pandemic-wedding-on-nyc-stoop\/"},"modified":"2020-12-05T02:29:06","modified_gmt":"2020-12-04T23:29:06","slug":"stranger-hosts-couples-pandemic-wedding-on-nyc-stoop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/stranger-hosts-couples-pandemic-wedding-on-nyc-stoop\/","title":{"rendered":"#Stranger hosts couple’s pandemic wedding on NYC stoop"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Stranger hosts couple’s pandemic wedding on NYC stoop<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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After nearly a decade together and two children, Latoya Ingram and Donnell Lewis were finally ready to tie the knot. <\/p>\n

Unfortunately, they couldn\u2019t think of a great venue for a socially distant pandemic wedding. They considered a City Hall celebration, but quickly realized it was closed. So Ingram, now Ingram-Lewis, 41, took a chance and turned to Facebook<\/a>, posting a long-shot call for help.<\/p>\n

\u201cHi Moms, anyone know of a brownstone owner in Harlem who would allow me to get married on their steps,\u201d she wrote in late October on the page for the neighborhood group Harlem Moms.<\/p>\n

Ingram-Lewis was shocked when 10 total strangers reached out to offer their homes.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Call it their \u201csomething borrowed.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cWe went around to every one of them,\u201d Ingram-Lewis told The Post of scouting for the perfect stoop spot to host their nuptials.<\/p>\n

The stay-at-home mom \u2014 who said the spring lockdown made the couple want to act on their four-year engagement and \u201cbe committed as a family\u201d \u2014 was smitten with Mica Henderson\u2019s building, in the historic Jumel Terrace section of Washington Heights. \u201cIt was just beautiful,\u201d said Ingram-Lewis. <\/p>\n

Plus, the neighborhood had additional significance for the duo, who were actually both raised there. \u201cThat\u2019s where our first dates were,\u201d said Ingram-Lewis.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Mica Henderson<\/figcaption>
Courtesy of Mica Henderson<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Henderson, who\u2019s lived in the neighborhood for two years, knew her home was the right place for the nuptials.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe live right across the street from Morris-Jumel Mansion, the historic area \u2014 it\u2019s very pretty,\u201d she told The Post. \u201cIt\u2019s right next to the clapboard houses that are in lots of movies<\/a>. I thought it would be nice for them to take photos there, and they did.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was an easy choice to share her digs with the local lovebirds. \u201cI believe you have to do nice things for others in order to receive good things in your life,\u201d said Henderson, 45. \u201cWhy not help people out?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

It\u2019s not the first time she\u2019s been involved in a stranger\u2019s wedding. <\/p>\n

Once, when in Las Vegas, she met a couple who was eloping. Henderson ended up being their witness and posed for the official photos. They stayed in touch, and she flew to England to attend their reception months later. \u201cAnything to do with love and marriage, weird s\u2013t always happ<\/a>ens to me,\u201d said Henderson, a social worker.\u00a0<\/p>\n

She and Ingram-Lewis never met in person and didn\u2019t speak on the phone \u2014 the entire affair was planned over Facebook messenger. \u201cIt was totally easy, [Mica] said, \u2018I\u2019d be honored,\u2019 and that was just it,\u201d said the bride, who also found their officiant via Facebook. \u201cIt was really sweet.\u201d <\/p>\n

The wedding was on Thanksgiving day. Ingram-Lewis hired a decorator to dress up Henderson\u2019s stoop with flowers and candles. \u201c[Mica] blew away the leaves from the house so the person could decorate. They came out before to make sure it was neat and tidy for us,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Only 20 people were in attendance. Keeping within COVID-19 guidelines, guests wore masks and were asked to stay with the people they live with. Ingram-Lewis\u2019 son walked her down the makeshift aisle.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was almost like we rented a venue. It was only us for the most part. We got so lucky. No one was walking around,\u201d recalled Ingram-Lewis. \u201cEvery so often we would see a few people, they would say congratulations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Latoya Ingram and Donnell Lewis\u2019s wedding.<\/figcaption>
Tolique Fair<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Henderson and her family, who would normally spend Thanksgiving bringing food to local shelters but couldn\u2019t this year due to the pandemic, went outside to watch the ceremony. \u201cIt was a nice little distraction,\u201d she said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Though the groom had always imagined a larger, more traditional wedding, Henderson\u2019s stoop was perfect to him. \u201cI didn\u2019t realize how beautiful it was until it happened,\u201d Lewis, a maintenance tech, told The Post.\u00a0<\/p>\n

They\u2019ll always be thankful for Henderson\u2019s random act of kindness. \u201cA lot of people would be apprehensive: \u2018Oh, we don\u2019t know them. We don\u2019t know if they\u2019re good people, bad people, rowdy,\u2019\u201d Ingram-Lewis said. \u201cBut she literally had no issue whatsoever. It was like she trusted me, and she didn\u2019t even know me.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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