09/05/2025
10 Years of Us: A Letter to You, Before We Became Us
Ten years ago, I stood beside the most beautiful woman I’d ever met and made a promise.
Today, I’m still saying “I do.”
As we celebrate a decade of love, laughter, growth, and grace, I want to write a letter…
To You, Before We Became Us.
Dear You (2007),
You don’t know me yet.
Not as your friend. Not as your partner.
Not as the man you’ll one day walk through life with.
But one day, you will.
One day, we’ll talk like old friends.
We’ll laugh over inside jokes while raising two beautiful girls.
We’ll hold hands in prayer—on good days and stormy ones.
We’ll leave everything we know, and find something even better.
But for now, you’re just you
A woman with dreams. A heart full of hope.
A quiet strength that will carry us both.
Thank you.
For becoming her.
For loving fully.
For believing, even when it cost you comfort.
You’ll believe in moving to a new country long before I do.
You’ll be patient when I hesitate.
You’ll speak with courage when I need time to catch up.
And when we move to the UK, I’ll realise it was the best decision we ever made.
Our daughters will thrive.
They’ll fall in love with art, with questions, with life.
But still… there will be days.
Times I’m not at my best.
Because I’m still learning how to be me.
But we’ll figure it out together.
With late-night talks, whispered prayers, and quiet grace.
We’ll learn real patience.
The kind that comes not from waiting but from choosing each other, again and again.
You’ll become more than I ever imagined.
You’ll dare new things.
You’ll write your story. And the world will read it.
And us?
We’ll have something rare.
Not just a marriage, but a deep friendship.
Not just “his” and “her” friends but our people.
Our tribe. Our home.
If only you knew how much you are already loved.
How grateful I am to grow beside you.
Before we ever became “us”…
I loved you. I just didn’t know it yet.
Now that we are us and more
I love you even more.
Edward (2025)