I
The Beginning
It began the best way, with friendship and laugher.
Decennium · Photographs kept
The Album
Ten chapters of our decade and before.
II
The Engagement
MMXVI
You said yes
You said yes in the house we bought while you were in another country, not knowing if you would ever be able to return. Yet we held on to faith, to each other, and to the life we believed was waiting for us. And beneath the glow of fairy lights, I asked you to make that life ours forever.
III
One Day
You Said I Do · MMXVI
From a Golden letter
“... Because of his favour, we have a house for us to live and because of his grace, we have each other. His grace will pave the way to our future...”
— Lamar
V
The Extended Honeymoon
Living out our One Day
VI
And then there were three
MMXIX
We Became a Family
The house became a little louder, a little messier, and infinitely more full of love. Our daughter had arrived, and suddenly our home held a whole new kind of joy.
VII
Life is an Adventure
As a family, we travelled, collecting places, stories and memories along the way.
The world became something we explored together.
From a Golden letter
“I will always admire your integrity, how you put others before yourself and stand for what you believe. These things, I love most about you.”
— Lamar
IX
Evenly Outnumbered
MMXXII
We had another beautiful daughter, and with her came a gift neither of us could have imagined: watching you become a mother to two, and watching your girls find in each other a bond all their own.
X
Now, & beyond
MMXXVI
Ten years on,
and somehow the story feels both long and only just beginning. Through every chapter, joy, and challenge, you have given us courage. You have been the heart of our family, and the person who keeps reminding us to believe in what is possible. And through it all, I would still choose you. Our story is still being written.