A little site from Mara

Three years of us, Theo.

Made for you instead of another card that ends up in a drawer. There's a lot of us in here, so take your time.

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Two people sitting close, holding hands — us, mostly

Our story

How we got here

The short version, with the parts we always tell at dinner.

A full mug of coffee on a wooden café table

01March 2023

The coffee that went cold

We talked for three hours and neither of us touched our cups. You still call it the best coffee you never drank.

Two glasses of red wine on a plaid picnic blanket

02August 2023

The picnic in the wrong park

I had the address wrong. You had the wine. We stayed anyway, right up until the sprinklers came on.

03June 2024

Nine hours, one playlist

Our first road trip. The same twelve songs on repeat, and the sunset that made us pull over.

Hands slicing an orange on a kitchen counter

04January 2025

Our own kitchen

Keys, boxes, and the first breakfast at a table we picked together. The orange juice was very serious business.

Two people walking along an empty beach, in black and white

05September 2025

The long walk

A cold beach in September with nobody else around. I think about that walk a lot.

Reasons

Twelve reasons, in no order

I could have written a hundred. Tap the card for the next one.

Places

Our stamp collection

Every place that ended up meaning something.

A colourful ferris wheel against a blue sky

No.1

The pier

Two rides, one very windy kiss at the top.

An open book and a cup of tea in soft window light

No.2

The café on 4th

Our table by the window, every Sunday.

A misty field at sunrise seen from a train

No.3

The 6:40 train

Foggy Mondays, side by side, half asleep.

No.4

The rooftop

New Year's, counting down a minute early.

A garden path lit by small lights at night

No.5

The long way home

The garden path we always take, even in the rain.

Open when

Letters for later

For the days you need one. Or open them all now, I know you will.

Next stop

Year four

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until 18 March

P.S.

Thank you for every ordinary day.

They turned out to be my favorite part. See you at the kitchen table, Theo.

Mara