A Valentine’s Story

A warning to the jaded: If cutesy love stories gross you out, don’t read on.. joking. Kind of.

Before Judd and I left for our trip, we knew we would be traveling the first two weeks apart: me in Israel, and him in Ireland. So two days beforehand, we exchanged two to small felt hearts to keep with us as we traveled. Every so often, when we missed each other, we would take a photo of our little hearts in their respective settings; the sunny Negev Desert of Israel, the misty cliffs of northern Ireland, a two-thousand year old wall in Jerusalem… until we met in Paris. The following photos are a collective memory of our two weeks apart. After we were reunited, we made more photos, this time together in Paris, with our reunited hearts. It DID happen to be Valentine’s Day but we promise we didn’t really intend for this particular timing. It just kind of happened, as things always seem to.

We are delighted to be back in the same country, though we each had amazing experiences while apart. Though Judd and I spend most of our time together, we try not to forget that it’s essential to be shaped by our own unique experiences, and to trust each other while we’re having our own little adventures. And, it makes seeing each other again even sweeter. 🙂

We hope you all enjoy the collection of photos we’ve made in the past couple of weeks. Bonne Saint-Valentin!!