Nikah · 14 February

Forever & Always

Saad Sulmi & Jasna Sidhiq

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Our Story

Written in sixty days

From the very first message on December 15th, something quietly shifted — words exchanged across a screen that carried more warmth than most conversations do in years. Four days later, eyes met for the first time and the heart already knew what the mind was still catching up to.

By January 18th, a promise was made. And on February 14th — the most beloved day of love — our nikah was sealed under divine grace. Sixty extraordinary days that became a lifetime.

— Dec 15 to forever ♥
"I have waited for this opportunity for more than half a century, to repeat to you once again my vow of eternal fidelity and everlasting love."
Gabriel García Márquez

The chapters of us

December 15

💬 The First Hello

It started with a simple message and somehow, the world quietly rearranged itself. Words typed into a screen, yet felt like the warmest conversation either of us had ever known. What began as a chat became the beginning of everything.

December 19

👁️ The First Glance

Four days of words and then - a face to match the feeling. The moment eyes met for the first time, every message suddenly made sense. Some things you just know without being told; this was one of them.

January 18

💍 The Promise

A ring, a moment, a forever sealed with a promise. Engagement — the beautiful in-between of falling in love and building a life. We said yes to each other and to every ordinary extraordinary day that was yet to come.

February 14 ♥

🕌 The Nikah

On the most romantic day the calendar knows, we made it sacred. Our nikah — the covenant that bound two souls not just in love, but in faith, in trust and in divine blessing. Valentine's Day was never going to be the same again.

"To the one who made home feel like a person"

There are no adequate words and yet, here I am trying. Because you deserve every clumsy, earnest attempt at putting into language what you mean to me.

You are my favourite thing about being alive. The reason mornings feel gentler, evenings feel warmer and the hardest days feel survivable. Distance or no distance, same time zone or different — none of it changes what you are to me.

I chose you then. I choose you now. I'll choose you in every version of this life that's still ahead of us and for another thousand lives. I love you more than anything.

Yours saad, completely. ♥