Warwick Melrose Hotel

3015 Oak Lawn Avenue
Dallas, TX 75219
214-521-5151

We’ll be staying at the Warwick Melrose Hotel all weekend
and would love for you to join us there.
It’s our wedding weekend headquarters!

For the preferred hotel rate, please mention the Kelly-Saliba Wedding when booking, or click the button below to reserve your room.

Kick off the celebration with us on Thursday night at the hotel’s
Library Bar for our welcome reception.

Shuttle transportation to and from the wedding and reception
will be provided from the Warwick Melrose Hotel for your convenience.

We started dating in May of last year, and less than six months later, we decided to get married.

Although some may think we are rushing into such a big decision, we have, in fact, known each other for over 60 years.

Our story began in 1966, when we were kindergartners at St. Rita’s Catholic School in Dallas. We shared classes but little else. By sixth grade, Stephen had a crush on Marie but was too shy to talk to her.

After high school, we went our separate ways and built full, independent lives. Marie stayed in Dallas, raised a family, and built a career in accounting. Stephen built a career in IT that took him to Minnesota over 20 years.

We were both looking forward to an exciting, adventure-filled retirement as single people, but fate had other plans.

Then came May 16, 2025, our 50-year grade school reunion happy hour. What started as a casual conversation quickly became something neither of us expected. Stephen’s crush was quickly reignited. We loved each other’s sense of humor and laughter. We were drawn to each other’s intelligence, worldviews, and work ethic. Marie decided immediately that Stephen was “the one”. However, Stephen was a little hesitant to give up his happy bachelor life.

From that weekend on, we were rarely in the same place, yet somehow, we were always together. Sometimes we were 10 miles apart. Other times 6,000. But not a single day passed without seeing each other, whether in person or on a video call.

Marie knew she was in love 64 days after that reunion. Stephen, who had grown fond of his “happy bachelor life,” needed 15 additional days. When he was finally ready, he sent a text message. Marie, believing that romance should include suspense, did not text back. Instead, she mailed a postcard to tell him that she loved him too. For ten days, Stephen had no idea whether his declaration had been received or reciprocated. He refreshed his phone. He checked the mailbox. He waited. The postcard eventually arrived.

We deepened our love through trips to Austin, Minnesota, Los Angeles, Northern California, and Washington, D.C. Along the way, we introduced each other to friends and family, which we called our “interview tour.” We are proud to say we passed the gauntlets! The people who know us best were very happy that we found each other.

On January 4, 2026, we returned to the very happy hour bar where it all started, and in the same manner in which Stephen declared his love for Marie, he texted her asking her to marry him. In fear that she would text back a refusal, he got down on one knee and asked Marie to marry him. Our dear friend Lisa Peters was there as a witness and videographer and verified that Marie, in fact, said “yes”!

So on Friday, September 25th, at 5:00 pm, in front of friends and family, the people who shaped both of our lives leading up to this magic moment, we will be wed at the Cathedral of Hope, Peace Chapel in Dallas, Texas.

Spread the Love

Your love and presence at our wedding are the greatest gifts of all.
If you feel inspired to do something more,
we invite you to spread the love by performing a kind act for someone else,
saying a prayer of thanksgiving, or
making a donation to your favorite charity,
in celebration of our wedding!
Let’s make the world a little brighter together.

We Have all the answers

Some love stories begin with a swipe or a blind date.

Ours began in kindergarten in 1966 at St. Rita Catholic School in Dallas, Texas. And in 6th grade, Marie was Stephen’s 6th grade crush!

Life, as it does, carried them in different directions after attending school together from kindergarten through college. They built careers, raised families, lived full and meaningful lives. Marie in Dallas and Stephen in Rochester, MN.

Fifty years after that sixth-grade crush, they reconnected at their grade school reunion.

One conversation turned into another. Laughter came easily. The comfort was instant. What surprised them most wasn’t the spark, it was how natural it felt.

Friendship quickly deepened into something undeniable. What began as reminiscing about childhood became dreaming about the future.

And then, in the most perfect full-circle moment, Stephen asked the question that had been waiting half a century:

Will you be mine forever?

Now, surrounded by family, children, grandchildren, and dear friends, Marie and Stephen begin this next chapter, not as kids in a classroom, but as two people who found their way back to each other at exactly the right time.

Some love stories take a little longer. The best ones are worth the wait.