19/09/2026
Before embarking on a six month sabbatical in Europe in 2013, I said to my friend, "isn't it crazy that we're about to meet people who are going to change our lives? Strangers that we are going to love and who could become lifelong friends?".
Two weeks later, you walked into the bar and I saw you for the first time. It wasn't crazy butterflies. It was a deep exhale. A feeling of knowing you. Of feeling like I had been looking for you and I finally found you. Relief maybe? And then, immediate panic. "Oh sh*t. I'm in trouble". 😆
Fast forward 13+ years. And we just celebrated our 11 year wedding anniversary, with our ten year old son seated beside us. The most precious love story retold and intertwined between our three heartbeats.
Thank you for being my person. That lifelong friend I was looking for. My person who somehow often knows me better than I know myself. Who anticipates my needs before I ask, who has his hands reached out to catch me before I knew I was falling. Who roots for me and supports me, like the most dedicated president of a fan club you've ever seen! Who loves me for who I am, even the parts of me I think are hard to love. Especially those parts.
One day, many years ago, as I left a relationship someone told me "no one will ever love you like I do". Wow. They were so wrong. And I'm so glad I never settled for a mediocre love. I'm so glad I didn't allow fear to get in the way of opening my heart.
Because life with you is over-the-moon beautiful. Over-the-top full. A love story that has covered so many different chapters of heartbreak, hardship, challenge, love, adventure, excitement, and our favorite - cozy. A love I always dreamed existed and now I have the privilege of living in it.
The feeling of loving you, and liking you more every year is a gift. How is that even possible? I feel lucky, but also honor how hard we worked to be together and to build this beautiful life.
Thank you for being the stranger who walked into the bar and changed my life.
I love you. Happy anniversary 💞.
TiMi We