Entwine
"What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us." - Helen Keller
5 years ago, I received a random comment on one of the photos I posted to Flickr, me with a gigantic pile of books. I didn't think much of it at first, commented back and continued on.
The next day another comment, followed by another, and another.
I started following a photographer way above my skill level and entered one of his photo giveaway contests to win a print.
A month or so later, the message arrived in my inbox. I'd won, (it was rigged) and that began a constant flow of messages back and forth. They kept getting longer and more detailed.
Eventually we moved to Skype and by the following January, I was boarding a plane to meet this amazing guy who kept me on my toes and captured my heart.
It's been an amazing five years together, through distance and difficulties I've never questioned that this was worth it. He was who I should spend my life with and no border could change that.
Scott challenges me to stay sharp; we can be goofballs or have intellectual conversations. We can laugh a day away or sit quietly and just coexist in comfortable silence. Adventures through the woods or chasing sunsets, it's always better with him by my side.
I'm so lucky that he found me in a sea of people and reached out to grab my hand. I don't know where I'd be without him today, but I know I wouldn't be the same person.
On the first day of Summer, we announced that this was a life long adventure in front of a small group of family.
And I couldn't be happier and more excited to turn the page and start this new chapter and new adventure with a partner by my side.
I love you Scott, thank you for choosing me.
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Entwine
"What we have once enjoyed we can never lose. All that we love deeply becomes a part of us." - Helen Keller
5 years ago, I received a random comment on one of the photos I posted to Flickr, me with a gigantic pile of books. I didn't think much of it at first, commented back and continued on.
The next day another comment, followed by another, and another.
I started following a photographer way above my skill level and entered one of his photo giveaway contests to win a print.
A month or so later, the message arrived in my inbox. I'd won, (it was rigged) and that began a constant flow of messages back and forth. They kept getting longer and more detailed.
Eventually we moved to Skype and by the following January, I was boarding a plane to meet this amazing guy who kept me on my toes and captured my heart.
It's been an amazing five years together, through distance and difficulties I've never questioned that this was worth it. He was who I should spend my life with and no border could change that.
Scott challenges me to stay sharp; we can be goofballs or have intellectual conversations. We can laugh a day away or sit quietly and just coexist in comfortable silence. Adventures through the woods or chasing sunsets, it's always better with him by my side.
I'm so lucky that he found me in a sea of people and reached out to grab my hand. I don't know where I'd be without him today, but I know I wouldn't be the same person.
On the first day of Summer, we announced that this was a life long adventure in front of a small group of family.
And I couldn't be happier and more excited to turn the page and start this new chapter and new adventure with a partner by my side.
I love you Scott, thank you for choosing me.
Click "L" for a larger view.