Heather McComb married actor Scott Michael Campbell in an intimate ceremony in Missoula, Montana, over the weekend, marking a new chapter in a life that has already carried a heavy loss. She announced the wedding on Instagram with a slideshow of photographs from the day.

The ceremony was officiated by McComb's sister, Essence Atkins, and family and close friends were there as the couple exchanged vows. McComb wrote that she and Campbell were officially married “under the covenant of God,” and said their hearts were full and humbled by the love surrounding them.

McComb said the weekend was magical and thanked the family and friends who traveled from all over the country to be with them. She also called Missoula her “most favorite city,” a detail that fit the intimate tone of the celebration and the way she chose to share it with the people closest to her.

The wedding comes just three months after the death of James Van Der Beek, McComb's former husband, who died on February 11 at 48 after a battle with stage three colorectal cancer. McComb and Van Der Beek were married from 2003 until their divorce in 2010, and after his death she said she was heartbroken over the loss of beloved James and especially heartbroken for Kimberly and their six children.

Her tribute after his death made clear that the relationship did not end with the divorce. McComb said she was grateful for the special connection, friendship and love they shared, and described Van Der Beek as a beautiful soul filled with light, love, talent, humor, depth, sensitivity, knowledge and a deep love of God. She said he loved being a father and adored Kimberly with his everything, calling them true soulmates and saying she deeply admired the grace and strength Kimberly showed through his illness.

For McComb, the new marriage is both personal and public: a joyful announcement wrapped around a recent grief that still sits close to the surface. What remains unanswered is the exact day over the weekend when she and Campbell were married, but the photographs and her message make one thing clear — the ceremony was small, deeply felt and shared with the people who mattered most.