These boots were made for marriage
The couple married at Die Stoor last Saturday and had both injured their right legs weeks before the wedding.
A local couple are over the moon to finally be married after two separate accidents, weeks before the wedding, landed them both in moon boots.
The bride and groom, Johan and Chané Ackermann, had both injured their right legs, and while they managed to both escape serious injuries, they could not avoid the doctors’ orders of having to wear moon boots for the next few weeks.
Five weeks before the wedding, Chané said she had been driving between Middelburg and eMalahleni when she was involved in a car accident.
“The car rolled four times and I was really lucky to walk away with just a torn ligament in my leg and shoulder,” she said.
“I worried that I may have had scratches all over my face from the accident, but there
were none.”
The doctor advised Chané to wear a moon boot and said she would have to keep wearing it for another six weeks following the wedding.
Johan’s injury happened a mere week before the ceremony.
Chané said his accident happened when they were moving into their new home. “While moving, he stepped on a rock,” she said.
Johan said, “When I stepped on the rock, I fell and ended up breaking my leg and my pinky finger. I had a much larger cast on my arm, but luckily I was able to take that off for the wedding.
“Getting injured is nothing new to me,” he said with a laugh. On their wedding day, though, nothing other than Chané mattered to him. “I was not concentrating on any of the injuries, I just wanted to
marry her.”
The pair became husband and wife at Die Stoor Wedding Venue in Sterkspruit on Saturday afternoon.
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Leaning on a pair of crutches with his right leg strapped firmly into a moon boot, Johan waited impatiently at the altar for his beautiful bride-to-be to arrive. When she did, he could not help but shed a few tears.
“I tried to keep the tears back. Growing up, we were taught that men do not cry, but when I first saw her walking towards me on Saturday, I just could not hold them back any longer.” Chané, on the other hand, said she felt completely calm walking down the aisle.
“There were so many things to do for the wedding, especially with the injuries and getting things ready, but when I saw Johan and Alicia Whitting (our master of ceremony and marriage official), I felt an immediate calmness.”
“Alicia really helped to make the day perfect. Just her presence was calming and she made everyone feel so comfortable,” said the couple.
The newly-weds are currently on honeymoon in Ballito, both in their moon boots, but enjoying their time together.
They thanked the Whittings and all their family and friends for their support leading up to the big day. They also thanked Sinden Photography, Sue-Mandie Sinden for doing Chané’s beautiful make-up, Yvonne Greeff of Salon Mystique for doing her hair, DJ Hennie for the music as well as Die Stoor for the venue.
Que’s Café and The Pizza Bus supplied the amazing food.
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