Wedding Bells on the Blockchain
On Saturday - May 26th - I got married! I took a much needed 2 week break from the blockchain / slack / my computer to be with my wife. She jokes all the time that I never “Steem” any stories about her, so here ya go my love, our painting story is forever on the blockchain now ;)
A Painting and a Plane Ticket…
This post won’t have any wedding photos. Instead, I wanted to share a memory that I’ve never written about before. This story began back in the summer of 2011. I was packing my bags and preparing a move to Berlin, and my college sweetheart was moving to New York. We were in love with one another, but our lives were pulling us towards different places.
She got a job and an apartment in New York City. That summer we exchanged letters, phone calls, and bus rides to keep connected. The move from college into the “real world” was pretty tough. Subways and sidewalks were big and busy. Apartments were small and unfamiliar. She told me that her white empty walls made her homesick. It’s hard to make a true home in NYC when you know you’ll get priced out of your own room every year or two. But I didn't want her to feel alone.
Before I left for Berlin, I sat down at my desk and started to paint. I wasn’t much of a romantic writer so I figured I’d break out my oils and have a go at a canvas. I painted a place that the two of us had passed by nearly everyday back in college. It was a small lake in Ithaca surrounded by hills and cliffs of colorful trees. In the winter it was clear cold and white, but in the autumn it would burst into an intense palette of reds, yellows and greens. The calm water would reflect the hillside, drawing in the blues of the sky. We used to walk across the lake, staring at it as it evolved across seasons, and over time, we fell in love with it.
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I couldn’t say the phrase “I love you” before I got on that plane to Germany. So I painted the words into the place where we first met one another. It was a place and a memory we would always share, no matter where we arrive. The last thing I did before hopping on the plane was mail the painting to her New York apartment.
Fast forward. She loved it and I guess it worked! A year later that painting ended up becoming my ticket back to the States. I moved to the big city, proposed to her in our first apartment together (under the watchful eye of the painting). Now, the three of us together will have a home wherever we end up.
Gratz on your wedding i hope you had a great time :)
Thank you so much @cyberblock :D
What a great and romantic story. Congratulations to you and your new bride @voronoi!
Thank you so much Eric! :)
Congrats to you and the bride!
Thank you @acidyo! A new journey awaits...!
:-)) love this!! Such big congratulations to both of you!
Congratulations on the start of something beautiful @voronoi :D Wishing you love and happiness.
Thank you so much for your kind words @leesongyi! :D
I guess congratulations are in order!! Enjoy your life as a family now (and welcome to the club ;) )!
Hey thanks for the warm welcome @lemouth! Great to finally be here ;)
Congrats on getting married 👰
Btw beautiful art!
Congrats and dont forget i am the first on steemit to contrats you. ;)
Haha you are! Thank you for your kind words :)
That's a beautiful art, i appreciate your post.
Thanks for sharing my dear friend.....
Upvote and resteemit done.
Awwww is a very beautiful and wonderful story, I hope that you will do very well together in this new stage of your life and that you are very happy !!
That is wonderful. I am very happy for you!
Man you express yourself in such a sweet way. Loved the painting story.
Congrats to you two!
This is the flowery version of our story... I actually said...
Lol this is instant marriage stuff !
stay blessed both of you and congrats
Congratulations sir! May God bless your home!
Thank you so much @eurogee :)
Congratulations to you both, plus the painting. I hope you find your dream home
Thank you so much @steevc! We hope that one day we'll find those trees in a window, and not just in a painting :)
Woow.. such a lovely story @voronoi!
Greetings to you and Samantha!
YOU ARE AWESOME !
Congratz you two !! That's really beautiful art...
Huge congratulations, my friend. I wish you and your wife a term of life and a wonderful journey through life. ;)
These are just master pieces of art, and as the rest, I wanna say congratulations and happy marriage!
Awwwwwww.......sooooo sweettt
Congratulations! And what a great thing to announce on Steemit. May you have a beautiful life together as you steem on through the years.
so beautiful, the painting and story
Congratulation boss!
Congratulation man..
Wish, be happy in life.
And with that, not to mention the drawings. Their beauty is incomparable
Hunhun...so romantic. Now i need to find me some love asap.
I used to think that love such as yours existed only in movies. Happy marriage life! I hope someday to find a love like yours. And don't forget to send your wedding cake, I need to stimulate my taste-buds. Cheers!
This is a very romantic story! Thank you ;-) Congratulations on your wedding day. Beautiful painting @voronoi
Great painting and an even cooler story. Congrats man!
Congratulations boss.. I hope to be in your shoes very soon. Those painting are lovely.
Is there anyway I could reach you? I would love you to take a look at @steemcamp which the grand finale is on the 8th of July. Hope to get your positive reply. Thanks @voronio
Congratulations, @voronoi! I hope your union will be a happy and fruitful one. And I hope, that I would be similarly blessed too, someday, with the girl who brought me here. :)
Heart warmth and teardrop. Congrats @voronoi :)
God bless your home and flourish you love. Lovely paint thou. I'm new here, following you already, kindly follow back and my username is available on other platforms also. Thanks
Beautiful Art. I'm excited after see your work. Waiting for next art. Thank you for share with us.
Congratulation this is a interesting story of your love.
Congratulation
This is a interesting
Story of your love.
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I'm a bot. I detect haiku.
hopefully there is a better way forward.
That is really a wonderful story. It's funny how sometimes in art it's like a window to the future and we can paint future events without realizing it. It has happened to us all at least once I am sure. I am glad the 'three' of you are happily all together again! And amazing painting too!
Just a random stranger passing by...
BUT CONGRATS DUDE! I don't know you but I hope guys have an everlasting marriage, all the best to your future 🎉🎉
Congratulations!
Congrats in your wedding, hope you had a great time <3
Many Congratulations. And this is a beautiful artwork:)
Well, congratulations and well done. I didn't get whether or not you were hoping the painting would become more than just a way for her to feel less lonely, so I won't say, "Well played." However, you might deserve it anyway for not even thinking about it. :)
And taking two weeks off from Steemit to be with your wife is probably a good thing, too. And now you'll have more subject matter (her) to write about. (Until she gets sick of it. Then you just keep doing it. :)