We couldn't be happier to be married. The gravity of this historical moment has presented all sorts of challenges and we are disappointed to not be able to share our wedding day with you all. We can't wait to see you all once the peril subsides.

We signed our marriage certificate in the government parking lot with no guests allowed. We read a poem called 'Marriage' and the court magistrate let us take our masks off to kiss. Then we picked up a cake and drove to a picnic table in the country. It was full of joy and romance and chaos, as I broke my foot the night before and our magistrate had us "on call" since she wasn't sure she could squeeze us in! A perfect, perfect day among many here. We are full of love and so excited to share it with all of you in the future.

Marriage

Marriage knits our lives

Into Patterns beyond

Our natures separately

We go together

Into new worlds of color

And design, I see

What I have never seen

In your steadfast presence

We learn the other's ways

And see our own changed

In reflection, growing

More independent as

We deepen into

Transparent beings,

Seeing our children

So transparently alive.

-Aram Saroyan