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Ten years ago I witnessed two beautiful friends share this special moment and go on to grow in their love and tenderness for each other. It was a very very special day shared by a whole village who love and adore you both. Xxx

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Awwww Elly! We love you!!! 😘❤️ Such beautiful words - thank you so much! xxx

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That brought a tear to my eye too Rebecca, lovely story

Love Sheila xxx

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Awww, thank you Sheila! 😘

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One thing about old gold, Rebecca. It never dulls. This is one of my favorites.

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Always so kind, Mark - thank you! ☺️

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Happy Anniversary Rebecca and Jim❤ It sucks to have had a cold on your wedding day but in the end it makes for a better story and all you remember is the joy. Thanks for sharing this gorgeous story, I missed it the first time.

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Donna, thank you ever so much! I have a giggle every time I look through our wedding pics and notice my bright-red nose! 🤣 It makes for a really fun memory!

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And I liked it … again.

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Tom, thank you very much for reading it again - I appreciate you! 😊

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Pure love. Love this love. And the post. ❤️

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Awww! Thanks, Mary! ❤️❤️ #happilyeverafter

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Especially lovely to read this morning whilst fighting a summer cold and my beloved partner brings me coffee, tissues, A blanket and his love of sneezy, coughing, red nosed, glassy eyed me!

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Oh Susan, I’m sorry to hear about your cold - but I absolutely love the sound of the supplier of coffee, tissues, a blanket and love! We’re lucky ladies, aren’t we?! 😊

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I love your wedding story. The accompanying mixed media are beautiful too! This makes me look back on my wedding day. ❤️

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You’re so kind - thank you! I’m so pleased that reading this has made you think of your own very special day - that makes me very happy! 😀

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So beautiful. Happy Anniversary !

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Awww, thank you!!! ❤️

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Happy anniversary! 🩷🩷

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Thanks, Bryn!!! 😊😊

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We missed the tear, but this, my friend, is probably the most touching wedding photo I have ever seen. It seems to be a true representation of the love you share. Thank you so much for sending it to us again. Such a lovely moment!

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Oh, how lovely, Sharron! Thank you for reading it again - I really appreciate you and your super comment. 😘

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Ten years—what a magnificent number to celebrate! 🎉 Congrats on a decade!!

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Thanks, Erika! 😘 We can’t believe how quickly the time has flown! I’ve enjoyed all of it.

Also, that number 10 has reminded me that as was 39 when I got married I’ve got a rather alarmingly-numbered birthday coming up later in the year! 🤣

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You made a beautiful bride! Sorry you had a cold, never much fun at anytime let alone on your wedding day.

Btw my granddaughter is 6 feet tall, and is on crew at her college. I don’t think she minds being tall at all. Her brother is even taller.

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Thanks, Julie! Gosh, your granddaughter’s about the same as me, then - and hurrah for being crew! My brother’s 6’4, just a little smaller than Jim. It’s so lovely to be with someone so much taller than I am.

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Oh I love this!

I love the love, I love Jim's emotion, I love the Liberty hankies. I'm a sucker for a Liberty hankie, love hankies period. I've got a fab collection of Liberty hankies and some strange part of me colour matches the day's outfit to the hankie.

But more than anything, I really love the way you have captured the day. Simply and the artwork speaks volumes.

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Oh, thank you so very much, Prue. I had been given a set of three Liberty hankies a long time ago, and one of them perfectly matched my wedding outfit. The piece of Liberty lawn in the artwork you can see in my post isn’t the same pattern - it’s an offset I found from somewhere - and for years I couldn’t find the actual hanky on which I’d captured Jim’s tear.

(Oh, gross, that sounds as if I didn’t wash it - yes, I absolutely did!!!!!!!!!)

Anyway, guess what I found a couple of weeks ago when I was turning out a drawer?! Right at the back, underneath everything else and folded over on itself so it was an odd shape, was the hanky. I feel so fortunate to have it back in my life (although the fact that it’ll always be in my memory would of course be plenty).

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I'm so glad you found it. Treasure it - it's priceless.

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I remember loving this when I first read it. Sweetest wedding story ever!

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I’m so happy that you’ve read it again - thank you, Elizabeth! 😘

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Happy anniversary!

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