I married Kelley nineteen years ago today. She married me, too, of course. More precisely, we married each other–really: no one officiated.
We spoke our vows to each other; one of the things we promised was to be “strong and brave and fierce” for each other. We read excerpts from the letters we exchanged during the fifteen months we spent separated by the Atlantic ocean in the days before email. Then family and friends stood up one by one and spoke of their hopes for us and our marriage.
It was a beautiful day. We are only part of the way through our beautiful life. It is very, very good.
At some point in the future, it will be possible to marry in the eyes of the law, not just our family and friends. And I promise you: on the day Kelley and I make this legal on a federal level, we will have a party that makes the London 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremonies look like a four year-old’s finger-painting party.
Meanwhile, here’s a selection of pictures from the last 24 years. Our hairstyles change but our hearts don’t.
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August 1989 |
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September 1989 |
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October 1992 |
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September 1993 |
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Summer 1999 |
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September 2000 |
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March 2007 |
Happy Anniversary to you both! May your years be many and your love even richer.
Thanks for sharing part of your journey.
jeanne
Thank you.
Yep, beautiful! Great seeing the photos over the years.
Congratulations, and many more beautiful years to come.
I don't doubt it!
Sally and I have raised glasses to you both over the years, and will do so again tonight. Marriage is in the heart for sure, but I look forward to the day when my son and his husband will be legal on the Federal level too. They are married in Iowa. Onward and upward. Congrats!! W&S.
Happy anniversary. E.M. Forsteraid, “Only connect.” And you so obviously did.
I hoe that for all of us. Thank you for your support.
Well, that's what being human is all about…
Shines out of you both, thank you for posting. Seeing you together always makes me smile… Love to you both. XX
Thank you very much for sharing. Happy Anniversary.
Lovely photos, Nicola… Congratulations, and happy anniversary!
Happy anniversary! Here's to the next nineteen years of happiness =)
I'm thinking another fifty might be closer to the mark…
Best to you and Kelly, today and to come. Thanks for the smile, lovely pics.
How very lucky the two of you are, to have found each other young.
A very happy anniversary to you both!
Happy 19 years to you both, we should all be so lucky :D