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The time had come for our Wine Box Ceremony. Officiant/FIL Husky introduced the concept:

Mr. Husky and Miss Husky are very thoughtful and serious about marriage. Mr. Husky told me “They weren’t all good times. I am under no illusion that our relationship will always be easy, but I know that it will always be worth it. We had one particular rough patch that ended with our first trip to Austin. It was during that trip that I realized Miss Husky was the one for me, but it took me another 3 years to propose.

(Mark Hayes Photography)

Since getting engaged, buying a house, running a marathon and facing the challenges of employment, I have only been reassured that Miss Husky and I were intended for one another and that each of us respects, honors, inspires and challenges the other in a way that strengthens us personally and as a couple. I love her every day, at least as much as the day before. We, and I, have accomplished things together that we would never have been able or willing to do as individuals and I hope that trend continues to define our relationship until the end.”

(Both photos by Mark Hayes Photography, collaged by me)

We have devised a unity ceremony that will not only bond our present selves, but also our future selves. We will be putting messages and a bottle of wine in to our “time capsule” and send it to our future selves. The time capsule will be making several stops in the future, 1 year, 2 years… and each year after that. We have also asked our families to send our future selves a message or memento that someday we will reflect on and remember what a fantastic first day of marriage we had. We have a contingency plan for the time capsule.

(Mark Hayes Photography)

If one day, when the road winds and our hearts are weary, we are caught off guard and start to talk about separation, we will open the time capsule as a last resort and look to our past to bring us back together. We are both hoping that we never have to open the capsule as a last resort but rather as a celebration of many happy years together.

Both of our mothers were invited up to make a contribution to the box.

(Mark Hayes Photography)

Remember how I said I failed to send FIL Husky the reasons I love Mr. Husky? Well, here’s where Mr. Husky got even with me. I was expecting to be asked to submit our letters to one another, and MOH Husky was holding the letter I had finished writing the previous evening. But we were never asked for our letters. I later found out this was because Mr. Husky had not written his.

(Mark Hayes Photography)

And he still hasn’t.

Dear Mr. Husky, if you’re reading this: I love you. Please add your letter to the wine box soon, because if we are ever in an emergency situation, and we open the box to find your letter absent, it likely will not help me to remember why I married you in the first place. Many thanks.

Mrs. Husky

Coming up: Vows & Rings!

*All photos in this post by Mark Hayes Photography, unless otherwise noted.

Previous episodes:

• I improvised traditions.
• Step-Husky spoke.
• I walked the plank.
• Almost time!
• The ladies beautified.
• We rehearsed.
• We unloaded and assembled.
• Someone unplugged the fridge.
• The music played.
• We honeymooned.