Our love story started quite kitschy 8 years ago under a cherry tree at my friend’s and his brother’s wedding. Although, being my friend’s maid of honor and he being his brother’s best man, we never met before. At this point in our lives, we both enjoyed being on our own and were not looking for a relationship at all. Besides, neither myself nor my husband is romantic and we thought love, at first sight, is something for the movies. But from the beginning, we had the feeling that we knew each other for years already. Both of us still remember this special moment, when the “magic” happened. We sat there for hours laughing and talking about the world. We found out that we shared the same passion for South Africa, where we both had lived for a while. We are not very traditional if it comes to weddings and both of us had the idea if we would get married one day, not each other at this point of the story, but if one of us would get married, it would definitely be in Cape Town. We only knew each other for 24 hours and lived in different countries, but we also knew something unique is just about to happen and you will never know if you don’t try. So we took the risk against all reason and our adventure began.

One and a half years later, still being in a long-distance relationship, he proposed very unexpectedly. We were on holiday in South Africa celebrating the wedding of two very close friends. On that day we have been visiting Knysna and unfortunately had upset stomachs, whereby Mo felt worse than I. So I was quite surprised he wanted to spend the afternoon on the beach, instead of staying home. After having spent the afternoon at the beach, I was so tired and exhausted as well and wanted to leave before the sun goes down. But again he insisted to at least take a seat on a bench viewing the sunset. So we sat there with a beautiful sunset indeed and me, more or less waiting for the sun to go down quickly, so we can leave. Suddenly he started telling me he had a surprise for me and to be honest I do not even remember what else he was telling me. I even didn’t realize what was happening, when he kneeled in front of me asking if I want to be his wife. So funnily my first reaction was “Are you serious!?”. But as soon as I realized, what just happened, I immediately said yes to this never-ending adventure. And like we said on the first day we met, our dream came true two years later when we got married on the beach in Cape Town.

How to keep the spark alive during challenging times like lockdown? I think that there is no universal recipe, but as a couple, you have to find and create your own magic. We promised each other never to take our love and the other one for granted. So we are convinced that challenges are something, which you can grow from as a couple and as a person, because like a flower love needs both to bloom the sun and the rain. For us, the magic is to create new memories together and to surprise each other over and over again, although you’ve known each other for years already. Or making something special out of the usual, like having a homemade 4-course meal at home, being dressed like going to a wedding, or listening to your favorite music all night and dance the night away at home. I think you do not decide who you fall in love with, but you decide who you want to love for the rest of your life. That is probably the magic that keeps the spark alive.

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