Instead, December 21st 2012 greeted us with trees glittering with a light dusting of snow as we drove around the fjord from Stryn to Førde.The sky glowed in the late sunrise on the shortest day of the year. Peaking in and out from behind the mountains, the low sun created a strobing show of light and shadow making us do a little dance with the sun visors in the car.
The only thing that burst into flames was the magical sparkler our waitress spontaneously had stuck into a foil-wrapped potato (dessert hadn't been ordered so she got creative) and delivered to the table.
December 21st 2012 was the day that I joined my life and my heart to the most incredible man in the world.
We do still call that day Paper Day (which you can read about here) and we celebrate it, just the two of us, with a quiet dinner.
The last four years have been a roller coaster of ups and downs but, no matter what, we never go to bed angry, we say "I love you" several times a day, and I am always amazed that this man still looks at me with eyes full of love the way he did in that courthouse on that cold, winter day, December 21st 2012.
Here is a glimpse at our last four years together:
