2 Years Later

I'm not one for sappy posts or messages of love and affection but I feel as if 2 years together deserves some mention because I'm pretty darn proud of us. And since I can't do the emotional side of things I thought that a trip down memory lane through pictures of our adventures over the last two years would be fun and appropriate. 

I remember when I got home from study abroad and was looking through my pictures I always came back to this one.

There was just something in the way he was looking that made me realize just maybe our new relationship (than only a few weeks old) could actually make the distance. After just being home a month I booked a flight back to London for spring break with the blind faith we've last that long.

And boy did we. Most people go somewhere warm and sunny for spring break but there was no other place I've rather be than in London. Leaving for the second time was probably the most difficult (apart from the first) because things still seemed so uncertain and this moment now a lifetime away. But that first year brought us to a bunch of other places. He came to visit me in Columbia, South Carolina and we visited Charleston and Hilton Head Island.

We saw different parts of Virginia, North Carolina, and Pennsylvania. We explored where I'm from and took trips to Washington, DC and New York City. But my favorite part was spending our first Christmas together at my home before heading back to London for New Years.

We rung in the new year in London with friends and then headed to Paris as part of my Christmas present, which I still can't believe happened. The rest of this years brought us to two more trips to Newquay, England and Atlanta, Georgia along with a few favorites. We went back to New York City and Philadelphia once more and I showed him around Delaware and Maryland.

Newquay, England


The London Color Run. 

And that brings us to today, just 39 days away from packing up everything and moving to London to not only live in the same country for the first time but to live together in our own flat. I have no idea where the time has gone these last 2 years but I do know that we've seen and done a lot of things these first 2 years together and I'm so grateful. 

Some times 2 years long distance can feel like 10 years but it’s all worth it in the end. We've hard some rough patches just like everyone but through it all we've pushed through and we've accomplished so much together. I wouldn’t trade this experience for anything, it's provided us with such a strong foundation for our relationship and really made us communicate 24/7.

How did we celebrate and let the world know we've made it two years when either of us does sappy posts? I went for a nice picture and simple caption:

Two years together. aka small miracles <3

and his comedic approach?

Thanks for putting up with me all this time. I bet you're just dying for more of this.
But really, you're the best. :-*

And that's as good as it's gonna get.