Prologue:
Kind of shocked I haven’t posted about any of the ABxAM anniversary videos. When I think back to the most recent years, I’m usually so caught up with the end-of-year festivities, the holidays, Aya’s birthday, and the end of the semester. I almost rush stitching a video together between Christmas and New Years.
But because I put it off and dedicated a weekend, I had to sort/edit. I feel like I had a really clear mindset when working on this project. That’s not to say that the previous anniversary videos I’ve made for Aya and me are any less special. They were projects that I worked on in small pockets of time here and there.
I swear I wrote about it somewhere, but I guess not publicly. If it’s not clear, I enjoy making videos as a hobby! I wish I was better at it and had more to share or post. But for what I’m capable of doing, all I initially set out to do was capture memories and have something to look back on.
Every year Aya and I have been together, I have been making anniversary videos. The first-anniversary video I made for her was to show her what I saw. How I viewed the world with her in it.
I was already in the mindset of recording or capturing everything I could. And the following years, it did give me purpose in recording moments of our life. You can check-out all the other videos in the playlist below!
As I was editing this six year anniversary video, I realized how much we traveled and how much we did in 2022. I’ve talked about my time management before and how I feel like I’m constantly running. And looking back at this video, I can see that we kept busy. But every trip or vacation was very much what I needed. Quality time with Aya and an escape from my hectic life as a teacher. There was so much joy in each of the memories. I can’t find the words to explain what I’m feeling, but I think I’m just excited and happy.
It makes me see how much growth has taken place over the last few years, resulting in such a great 2022. And I can only wish for more in 2023 for both of us.
Enjoy the video, and see you in the next one!
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