40years
then

Grace & Tom said yes.

A church hall, a borrowed dress, and a cake from the corner bakery.

now

One more yes.

This summer they're doing it again, in the same hall, with all of us watching.

An older couple walking arm in arm down a road A black and white photo of a young couple thennow

Drag to go from then to now. On a real webfolio, these are your own photos, forty years apart.

A long marriage, roughly counted

What they started with, and what they have now.

0children
0children
0grandchildren
0grandchildren, and counting
1rented flat over a shop
0houses, one with a leaky roof
1cup of tea, the first morning
0cups of tea Tom has made her

The first letter, and the latest

Tom has written to Grace every anniversary. These are the two ends of the pile.

the first one

the latest one Grace, forty years and I still think about that iced bun. The pictures on Saturday? I'll still pay. Yours, certainly, Tom ♥

Four front doors

Every house they've lived in, drawn from memory by their granddaughter. Tap a window.

Same hall. Better cake.

the first time
2 pm

Vows, read by a very nervous Tom.

3 pm

Tea and the corner bakery cake.

5 pm

The first dance. Tom stood on her foot twice.

A black and white photo of a young couple
this summer
2 pm

Vows, read by the grandchildren, who have been told to keep it short.

3 pm

Tea, sandwiches, and the corner bakery cake, recreated from the original photo.

5 pm

The first dance, to the same song. Tom has been practicing.

An older couple embracing, dressed in white Share a memory of them

How well do you know them?

Five questions. The grandchildren got three.

Grace, on forty years · 20 sec

"I'd say yes again."

People ask what the secret is. There isn't one. You just keep choosing each other, on the good days and the boring ones. He still makes my tea every morning. Forty years. I'd say yes again tomorrow.

On this sample your device reads the words aloud. On a real Wedding Webfolio, it's your own voices.

Sign the register

Forty years ago, eleven people signed. This time, everyone can.

already signed
  • Lilygranddaughter, 9 · drew the houses
  • Sam & Prititheir eldest, and his wife
  • Joanbridesmaid, both times
  • The Hendersonsnext door since the leaky roof
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