a small archive, kept for you

Every story
needs a witness.

This one has been kept safe until today — your day.

chapter one

The first time I saw you

I remember the room, the noise, the ordinary Tuesday-ness of it all — and then I remember you, which somehow made none of it ordinary anymore. I didn't know yet that I was standing at the edge of something. I just knew I didn't want to look away.

chapter two

A handful of moments

keep scrolling — the story moves sideways here

the first "hello"

the trip we almost cancelled

that ridiculous rainy Tuesday

the quiet Sunday mornings

every small, ordinary day since

chapter three

Things I never say enough

Tap one open.

chapter four

Here's to the chapters
we haven't written yet.

I don't know what next year holds, or the one after that. But I know I want to find out slowly, on purpose, with you — through the ordinary Tuesdays and the big unrepeatable days alike.

epilogue

Happy Birthday.

tap the gift

Of all the days on the calendar, I like this one best — because it's the day the world got you in it. Thank you for choosing, again and again, to spend your one life next to mine. I love you more than this little page can hold.

— always, me