OUR STORY
An Iranian heart and a German soul,
to meet many years later.
We met in 2021.
A first date with masks.
Yet somehow, it still felt really fun.
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Joshua surprised Lily with a birthday trip to Portugal.
A romantic idea, even if Lily quickly learned what dating a man in finance was really like… Joshua worked the entire time!!
Nature people at heart.
Rural England. Parks. Gardens.
Sunday roasts and walks that became our favourite way to reset.
Life was full.
Joshua’s long hours. Late nights. Early flights.
Lily’s corporate world never stopping.
Travel became our rhythm whenever work allowed it.
Mexico.
Sri Lanka.
Italy.
Germany.
Greece.
Spain.
Portugal.
Morocco.
Discovering beauty in new places and embracing new cultures together.
Uncle Josh meeting baby Alia for the first time.
She was so tiny next to him!
Josh persuading Lily onto a ten hour trek through the Sri Lankan jungle.
Visiting dozens of churches in Spain.
Every museum and every exhibition in every city, no matter how boiling hot it was outside and how much Lily wanted to sunbathe and live her best life!!
Laughter. Complaints (mostly from Lily).
Still learning and trying new things every trip.
Exploring restaurants around the world.
Wine tastings.
New flavours.
New stories.
And in a world that often felt chaotic and serious,
we partied
danced,
laughed,
and created our own little pockets of joy.
On 28 April 2025, in Cancun, Mexico
Josh surprised Lily.
And she said yes
to everything we had already built
and everything still to come…
