The Virgo and the Gemini and a Beautiful Life is a love letter to the perfect tension of opposites. It’s a celebration of everything that makes my husband who he is—his joy, his curiosity, his reflection, his warmth—and how his presence softens my edges and rewrites all the imagined rules I thought I had to follow. This poem honours the harmony we’ve found in being so different, and the way our love has built a life full of creation, laughter, purpose, and magic. It’s the final piece in this series, but just one moment in the story we’re still writing together. Happy birthday, my beautiful Gemini.

This Is the Life We Built is a love letter to the life we’ve created—one rooted in nature, in laughter, in loyalty, and in each other. It’s about finding joy in the ordinary and extraordinary: from paddleboards and bear sightings to symphonies, soccer games, and quiet mornings in the mountains. It’s also about the kind of love that absorbs hurt without letting it shape us. The kind of love that stays soft, even when the world tries to harden it.

Hibiscus and Laughter is a poem about a spontaneous trip to Fiji—a celebration of how far we’ve come, and the joy of being able to choose something beautiful just because we wanted to. It’s about oceanfront mornings, reef adventures, tropical breakfasts, and the soft safety of being loved without condition. At its heart, it’s about the moment I ruined a dress and you didn’t flinch—because your love has never been about perfection, only presence.

The 3 Carat Black Diamond with a White Diamond Halo is a poem about the day we made our love official—on a sun-drenched island off the coast of Cairns, surrounded by coral, ocean, and joy. It’s about swimming in the Great Barrier Reef, wandering through Port Douglas, and promising forever to the best man I’ve ever known. This poem is a celebration of our wedding day, of the laughter in our vows, and of the rare and radiant love that shines brighter than any diamond.

Smooth Waters is a poem about the kind of love that protects without fanfare—the kind that holds its tongue, softens its stance, and keeps the peace not out of weakness, but out of devotion. It’s about a visit filled with unspoken tension, painful memories, and the quiet endurance of a partner who knew how much it mattered to me to keep things steady. This poem honours the way he let the storm pass without rocking the boat, and how in doing so, he reminded me what it feels like to be truly, deeply loved.

The First Day I Felt Safe is a poem about finding family in the most unexpected and healing way. It’s about walking into a room full of strangers and being met not with judgment, but with warmth, humour, and unconditional kindness. It’s about unlearning what family used to mean, and relearning it through people who show up, hold space, and make you feel like you belong without having to earn it. This poem is for the quiet miracle of being welcomed—truly welcomed—and for the man who stood beside me through it all.

Downunder and Yours is a poem about the leap we took—leaving the familiar behind to build a life on the other side of the world. It’s about shared hands through turbulence, quiet corrections over mistaken identity, wildlife encounters, and the kind of laughter that stitches memory to love. This poem holds the jet lag, the steak sandwiches, the crocodile awe, and the deep knowing that no matter where we land, the best part of the journey is being in it together.

The Forest and the Falling is a poem about hiking through early love—stumbling (literally), bleeding (also literally), and laughing through the kind of moments that become stitched into memory forever. It’s about the weekends we wandered through the forests of British Columbia, building something boundless out of sunshine, waterfalls, and time. This piece celebrates the wild grace of being seen—completely, imperfectly, and still so deeply loved.

Team Us is a poem about partnership in its truest form—about learning one another through trial, trust, and time. It began on a beach volleyball court, but grew into something so much more: a life built across continents, with friendship, ambition, and loyalty as the foundation. This poem is for the love that plays hard, works harder, and always shows up—no matter the court, no matter the country.

The Speed of Steady is a poem about how sometimes, love doesn’t tiptoe in—it arrives with quiet certainty and stays. It’s about the way my husband became home before I even had time to question it. From moving in within a month, to inviting my mother into our space with open arms, to building a life full of shared adventures and deep, unshakable love—he has been steady from the start. This poem is a tribute to how fast everything changed, and how beautifully it’s held ever since.

Wrecked in the Most Beautiful Way is a poem about how love sometimes shows up unannounced and turns everything upside down in the best possible way. It’s about what happens when the life you planned gets swept aside to make room for something stronger, deeper, and more lasting than anything you imagined. This is the first piece in the All the Ways I Love You series, written in honour of my husband’s upcoming birthday—because the love we’ve built deserves every word, every day, and every reason to celebrate.