Amber Hughes Photography

It was a beautiful summer’s day and the sun was doing it’s best to roast a small garden in Deep Cove. Guests mingled in the shade of the house trying to keep cool, while others found a spot on the grass closer to where the ceremony would shortly begin. On the pier at the edge of the garden a very young Bryn stood waiting for me… and as the music started my heart jumped and danced in my chest.

I knew we were experiencing history in the making. The point from which our whole future would hinge.

My love and I were getting married.

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I’ll never forget the look on Bryn’s face as I walked towards him… everything else faded into the background and all I could see was the joy we both shared reflected in his eyes. I was walking towards Bryn, but I was also walking towards our future together. What an amazing feeling.

I must have looked so nervous that day! There were so many emotions rushing through me that I could hardly keep my bouquet still. I remember how my voice trembled with the enormity of what I was saying as I repeated my vows. This was my best friend… someone I had watched grow into a man from the age of 16. Who had been with me through good and bad, and loved me no matter what. This was my soul mate… and at a very young age I had found him.

Bryn and I met when I was 14 and he was 16. It took us a little while to get to know each other, but once we both realized how zany the other person was we were inseparable. We spent almost every weekend together, talked on the phone, emailed constantly. Bryn was my dearest closest friend over my most formative years but we were never anything more. He was my best friend and I never realized that could translate so solidly to love.

It wasn’t until one day when he had just moved into his first apartment. I had come over so we could go out and grab some lunch and was waiting for him to get ready. He sat down on the couch to put his shoes on and looked up at me…

My heart stopped.

In that one glance I suddenly knew I loved him… that I had loved him for years and just hadn’t admitted it to myself. Here sitting in front of me was someone I could see myself with forever, and that realization was overwhelming.

Standing on the edge of our relationship I had to ask myself “Do I risk losing my closest friend, or do I jump full in and potentially gain the love of my life?”. I chose love and never looked back…. the rest is history.

Since we decided to move past being just friends my life has changed in so many ways. We’ve shared hardships and good times, laughter and tears… but throughout it all we’ve always had each other to look to. Our marriage only solidified what we already knew in our hearts. We’re made for each other… no two ways about it.

Bryn – If it’s possible, I love you more now than I ever have before. You really are the love of my life and I’m so lucky to have found you. Here’s to the many amazing stories we’ve already written and the multitude more waiting for us in the future!

I love you always

{ amber }

(photo taken by Arielle Langhorne during our visit to Paris last year)