CONFESSION TIME

You may remember this post, back in February. It was a shout out to beautiful couples everywhere to list the top 10 things they loved about the love of their life, giving them the opportunity to win a complimentary photoshoot and enlargement.  I got quite a few responses – though not as many as I expected. I guess people were so overwhelmed with the things they loved about their partners they just couldn’t narrow it down to 10.  Of the dozen or so replies I did get one in particular stood out.  So many things on her list resonated with me, and made me sigh big happy sighs.  The problem was I actually knew her, and have done for around 11 years, so I kind of felt like I was cheating by choosing her.  But the thing was I actually ‘know’ quite a few people that frequent my blog, a lot of stuff goes on behind the scenes, and I have made some great contacts, and even friends, via this site – one or two others also replied. And if I’d taken names away from the answers so that I didn’t know what came from who I’d have still chosen the list that Erica had sent in. So I was faced with the quandry of not choosing her simply because she was a friend, or deliberately overlooking her simply because she was a friend.  In the end I went with my heart, and the answers that spoke to it most, and selected Erica. And that felt good.  Somewhere in me I knew I’d made the right decision.  Still, next time I’m leaving it up the the random generater I normally use – I can’t handle that much pressure!  🙂

Between the two of us (well three, counting Russell – Erica’s husband) it took a while to actually organise the session, but the stars, planets, and family plans aligned two weekends ago and we finally scored. And I’m so happy to be able to share some of the results.  As it happens I’m extra happy to be able to share them today, as it is Erica and Russell’s 15th wedding anniversary, and he’s yet to read Erica’s response to my request.  So with Erica’s permission I’m going to sneak the top ten things she loves about her husband of 15 years in, right after the photographs, hoping it will put a great big smile on his face.  But of course I know it will. Because they make each other very happy indeed.

And Erica – you look GORGEOUS!!!

And Erica’s list of the things she loves about her love:

1. His warm cuddly arms and the fact that I fit just under his chin, a perfect fit!
2. He never forgets to tell me every day that he loves me.
3. He knows what I am thinking and can finish sentences for me (very handy during Baby Brain moments!)
4. He is the perfect Father to our little boy, guiding him gently through life’s journey, loving him, protecting him yet letting him stand on his own two feet
5. He never tires of me, after 17 years together and 15 years of marriage. I still catch him looking at me the way he did when we first fell in love.
6. He lets me be me.  I was young when we were married but he let me grow into the person that I am today.
7. We both hate gardening!  During pre-marriage counselling the only thing that the Pastor was worried about was our garden, and rightly so!  But we just stare at it and laugh    together. We share the same fault, we HATE gardening.
8. He is my friend, my lover, my confidant, my partner in life.  In love he is my beginning and my end.
9. He is my perfect other half I kow that sounds really cliche but for us it is true, no one else meets his perfectness for me, we are truly one.
10. He loves me unconditionally, you cannot ask for more than that!

Now – could you go past a list like that?!

It really was a pleasure being able to do this for you guys. Rooly Trooly.  Happy 15th Anniversary. 

Love N. x