My incredibly handsome man all dressed up and just waiting to take my breath away....
The day of I gave S. Monster a note, along with a gift—two to be exact.
The first was a “replacement” necklace. 3 years ago, right before I left for Australia, I gave him a necklace. It was a simple chain with my ring on it—a ring that I had picked up somewhere when I was 12 or 13 and worn ever since. The ring wasn’t elaborate, nor was it expensive, yet over the years it came to represent much more to me than a band of sterling sliver. I gave it to S. Monster on loan so that until we were together again, regardless of any distance that may be between us, he’d always have a piece of me near his heart. At the time I had no way of knowing that the months apart would turn into years, but I always knew that one day we’d be reunited again.
The necklace was unfortunately lost a few months prior to us being reunited, so on our wedding day I gave him a new one. It was a simple chain with a plain silver disk. On one side it has our wedding date engraved in roman numerals, on the other side it has this:
Amor Vincit Omnia
“Love Conquers All”
The second gift was a pair of custom made vintage map cufflinks from AnneHolman. One cufflink contained a vintage map of Nashville, TN to represent where we first started dating, and the other contained a vintage map of Dublin, Ireland to show where we will be starting our new life together.
