His Love for Her Could Fill a Book. Instead, He Wrote a Post.

Emilia Gonzalez, a nurse, and Joseph McCloud postponed their 2020 wedding because of her work on the frontline. He then entered a contest on Instagram that turned their luck around.

Joseph McCloud said he has so much love and respect for Emilia Gonzalez, a nurse he met six years ago, that he “could write a book about her.”

Instead he wrote a 331-word tribute to her on Instagram, which won the couple a lavish wedding this past fall at the Meritage Resort & Spa in Napa, Calif.

When asked for one word to describe their Oct. 30 nuptials led by the Rev. Karna Carr, a United Methodist minister, both Ms. Gonzalez and Mr. McCloud agreed on “unforgettable.”