In a wedding for the ages, ABC News' Dr. Jennifer Ashton married prolific television producer and Boston Red Sox chairman Tom Werner in an intimate affair on Saturday.
“I’m so happy because I never thought I’d find love like this,” says Ashton, 53, who wore a Ralph Lauren Collection gown for the big day. “But when you’re older, it doesn’t take long to recognize when you’ve found your soul mate.”
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“I think I was one of the only people working in television who didn’t know who he was,” recalls Ashton. “I didn’t watch his shows and I wasn’t a baseball or soccer fan. But after our first date, we got serious pretty quickly.”
“I’ve been through a lot of heartbreak,” says Ashton. “And in a lot of ways, when you’ve lived through suicide and the loss of a loved one, it makes the hard things harder. I was cynical that I’d ever find love.”
Meeting Werner, “it felt very different, for both of us,” says Ashton. “And from the beginning, he was incredibly sensitive and compassionate. It takes an incredibly strong person to be as gentle with someone’s heart as he has been with mine. He has this ability to heal my wounds and nourish my dreams at the same time.”
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Now, as they prepare for a romantic honeymoon in the Caribbean, “I’m just feeling so excited to be married to Tom,” says Ashton. “Life really is so precious.”
source: people.com
