Our Wedding

Maria, my love...

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My greatest thank you is for starting our very first conversation.

Even though I thought you were incredibly cheeky for calling me when we didn't even know each other...

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I'm so glad you did.

Because from the moment we first met,

I knew you were someone special.

You arrived to meet me on your bicycle, carrying the funniest,

most extraordinary stories...

But more than anything,

I remember how you made me feel from that very first moment...

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happy,

light, and

completely at peace.

Life taught me to be fiercely independent.
To be careful.
To hide the good things, for fear of jinxing them.

But you gave me a safe place.
You gave me courage,
strength,
and faith.

And you continue to give me those gifts every single day.

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Today, before our beloved family and friends, you become my wife.

And before them all,

I promise that I will always be on your team.

No matter what life brings us,

I promise to always communicate with you and to protect our love.

I promise to climb every tree with you,
to swim beneath the most beautiful waterfalls,

even when the water is freezing cold,

to dance with you in our kitchen

while we mix together recipes from our families and

our different cultures.

I promise to do everything I can to make you happy.

And when my best isn't enough,

I'll put on a Kukuwa video just to make you laugh.

I promise to stay curious about how your day was.

Every single day.

I promise to respect you, love you, and support you, always...

In this life, and in every life still to come.

And if it took me too long in this lifetime

to learn enough to be ready to find you,

then I ask you one thing...

In the next lives, please find me sooner.

Because life by your side is the most wonderful thing I have ever known.