Our Story
A journey written slowly, across cities and years — from a sleepy airport morning to a little hand reaching for ours.
A Sleepy Arrival
Washington, D.C. A 6 AM flight, eyes barely open, and a stranger waiting at the gate with quiet kindness. Shangjie was there — steady, patient, holding a welcome that would quietly outlast every sunrise since. Neither of us knew, in that pre-dawn hour, that the journey had already begun.
Coast to Coast, One Heart
The country stretched itself out between us — one coast holding Shangjie, the other holding Sihui. Three hours apart on the clock, thousands of miles on the map, and somehow still the same conversation every night. Distance, it turned out, was simply another way to learn devotion.
A Question, An Answer
In May, Shangjie asked the question in the most Shangjie way — tender, thoughtful, and entirely his own. On November 27th, under the promise of a new winter, we said I do, surrounded by the quiet joy of those who had watched us from the very beginning.
Finally, The Same Sky
California called Sihui home — and after years of red-eye flights and goodbye hugs at airports, we woke up under the same roof, in the same city, for good. The long distance closed like a book with a very happy ending. The next chapter opened with morning coffee for two.
Our Greatest Blessing
Nolan arrived — tiny, perfect, and utterly ours. In an instant, two became three, and the whole geometry of our love expanded to hold him. Every sleepless night, every first laugh, every small miracle: a reminder that this is the life we'd been building toward all along.
Thirteen Years, One Celebration
Thirteen years after that early morning in D.C., we gather the people we love beneath the marble halls of the Asian Art Museum — to toast the road behind us, and raise our glasses to every adventure still ahead. Thank you for being here. The story continues, and you are part of it.
"And so the adventure continues —
with two becoming three, and love making room for more."
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