Paris
Where you said yes.
14 February 2014
The question
I had carried the ring in my coat pocket for three days. I took it out on the grass below the tower just as the lights came on, and forgot every word I had practised. You said yes before I had finished.
2013
The first trip
A long weekend, one suitcase between us, and coffee and croissants every morning.
14 Feb 2014
The question
Three days with the ring in my pocket, and not one word of the speech.
That night
The river
We walked along the river until the cafés closed.
2015
The wedding
Small, at home, with a little of Paris on every table.
2024
Ten years on
We went back to the same patch of grass. Still cold.
12 years, 268 days
since you said yes
Emma,
My hands still shake whenever I walk past a French bakery.
Thank you for saying yes before I finished, because I don't know how the sentence ended.
Let's go back whenever we can.
Tom
I still don't know what I said. I only know you said yes.
97
days until our anniversary
14 February 2027