Our Love Story Across Ten Years

We weren’t friends first, but we always meant to be. We had friends in common, and whenever we happened into one another (at the party in the park after Trans March, or somewhere on Commercial Drive) we would say, “We should really hang out!”

When we finally did, in May 2015, we spent the whole day together and sparks flew. Our chemistry was silly, chatty, natural, and easy: we bonded over polyamory, small towns, and the scars on our faces. At one point we looked at one another and said, suddenly in character, “When we jump over this trench and land on the other side, absolutely everything will be different”. We took each other’s hands and made the leap. 

Things moved quickly. Avery had always dreamed of being a mom and quickly fell in love with Lou and Clover. We were excited to become family and moved in together in 2016, in a big quirky house with roommates and neighbours frequently dropping by.

We improvised our family through a lot: Vancouver collective houses, country life in the Slocan Valley, COVID lockdowns, and world travels. We planned a 2017 wedding, but after some chaos ensued we realized it wasn’t the right time: we needed our forever community and our forever home.

In 2022, we found what we were looking for in Edmonton. It was a wildcard choice to move to the flatlands, but community, health, and a sense of purpose came easily. It’s hard to describe the feeling we were initially overcome by when we chose to move. We collaborated with fate to twist the future into something lovely, and now here we are. 

We started planning our wedding again in 2024, a little older and wiser this time around. The bones remain the same: an eclectic and meaningful celebration of community and family. We are so in love. We wouldn’t be who we are without each other, and it feels easy to know that we want a lifetime’s worth of one another.