Jilted Bride Donates Wedding to Homeless
Karen Olsen talks with twin sisters, Sarah, left, and Rebecca, along with Sarah’s daughter Sarah, 7, and Rebecca’s son, Emmanuel, 9, as they thank her for the evening donated to Mary’s Place families at Sodo Park on Saturday. (Lindsey Wasson / The Seattle Times)
If you were left at the altar or left before you could walk down it, would you have the clarity to turn a wedding fiasco into a triumph of humanity? Dana Olsen put aside her broken heart and decided, with the help of her family, to donate her would-be-wedding to the homeless families of Seattle’s Mary’s Place emergency shelter. Guests from Mary’s Place were treated to hairdo’s and donated formal wear to wear to their special formal dinner before they arrived to the upscale Sodo Park venue. They enjoyed a catered meal and danced the night away to a live band.
Sadly, a dream wedding and happily ever after did not come true for Olsen, but she can at least find some peace knowing that it takes a big heart and kind soul to selflessness give to others in need an occasion that is usually touted as only for the bride. And while Olsen may have hiked the PCT with her dad to avoid the wedding day she missed, the only one to miss out is the fiance who couldn’t see what a good person he or she was suppose to marry and the loving and generous family that she came with.
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