Robin Roberts and Amber Laign Obtain Marriage License in Connecticut.Photo:robinroberts/Instagram
robinroberts/Instagram
Robin Roberts' wedding is here!
After 18 years, theGood Morning Americaanchor, 62, and her partnerAmber Laign, 49, are finally ready to exchange vows.
On Thursday, the couple shared onInstagrama video documenting their visit to the Farmington County Clerk’s Office in Connecticut, where they obtained their marriage license ahead of their wedding this weekend.
“Where are you going?” someone asked Roberts and Laign in the clip. “Getting our license,” Roberts responded, as she walked toward the building with her arms linked with Laign.
“Road to the Ring is nearing an end… 18 years and totally worth the wait!” the video’s caption read.
Robin Roberts and Amber Laign excited to get their marriage license.robinroberts/Instagram
“Yes,” Roberts and Laign both replied.
“I have to get used to signing Roberts,” Laign said after putting down the pen.
Once the signing was done, the couple watched in anticipation as the employee filled out places where her signature was required as well.
“This is your marriage license. You’ll give this to the reverend at your wedding along with instructions in this envelope,” the employee told the couple, after she finished. “He’s going to fill out this section down here that says officiator.’ There’s only a couple spots for him to fill in. Then he’s going to return it to this office.”
“This paper stays in our vault forever and ever,” she added.
Robin Roberts and Amber Laign agree to paperwork.robinroberts/Instagram
Walking out of the county clerk’s office, Roberts noted that “everything was wonderful.”
She then touched upon an interesting encounter she had with someone in the office. “Though, there was a gentleman who said there are three rings to marriage: the engagement ring, the wedding ring and the ‘suffer’ ring,” Roberts said, adding with a laugh, “that was nice to hear."
In 2007, Roberts was diagnosed with breast cancer and then myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS), a rare blood and bone-marrow disease that required a bone marrow transplant in 2012. Laign was diagnosed with breast cancer two years ago.
Robin Roberts and Amber Laign read over marriage license.robinroberts/Instagram
“It was a rough year; her journey with breast cancer took some unexpected twists and turns but she is doing really really well,” Roberts toldEntertainment Tonightin March. “Doctors said when it comes to treatment, it’s like women and shoes — they don’t always fit — and so they had to find the right fit for her with treatment.”
During a taping ofGMAearlier this year, Roberts announced that after 18 years together she and Laign planned to walk down the aisle and finally say “I do.”
“I’m hesitating because I haven’t said it out loud yet … I’m saying ‘yes’ to marriage,” Roberts shared on the air during the show. “We’re getting married this year.”
“It was something we had talked about but we had put it off, [Laign] became ill but … it is saying yes to that, and that next chapter," she continued.
source: people.com
