Mr J L Harding

Have you ever been so in love you just had to use the word “fucking” to describe it? Like regardless of the billions of words in the English vocabulary, “I am so fucking in love with you” is the one sentence which seems the strongest, the most profound.

To read - I firmly believe in the power of education and learning, both through others and independently. Literature provides a platform upon which one’s imagination can blossom, temporarily enveloping us in another world until we finally emerge the other side feeling newly born and appreciative of the world we live within. Reading is essential.

To travel - I definitely agree with St Augustine when he stated that “The world is a book, and those who no not travel read only a page”. We only have one opportunity at life, why not spend it making the most of what this beautiful planet of ours has to offer? Travelling broadens one’s perspectives and opens our mind to the fantastic diversity in the world. Travelling is essential.

To love - The most important aspect of all. Everyone exists, but to love is to truly live. Sharing your love with another, and receiving theirs in turn, is the most utterly fantastic sensation one can ever experience. To present your heart to another and allow them to cherish it as they would their own, if not more so. To grow together, to share together, to feel that life is truly worth living just because they are there at your side. Loving is essential.

The day I won her heart - Monday, 24th December 2007 (Christmas Eve!) - was honestly the best day of my life, and each day since she has continued to bring the same happiness, passion and fulfilment into my life.

I am a very, very lucky man.

Never stop trying to win her heart,
Even after you’ve got it.

Over five years together and she can still take my breath away.

Five years and two months ago today, my fiancée Tara and I officially got together.

I knew then that my life was about to change, but I can honestly say I had no idea just how incredible it would be. This girl has single handedly redefined my definition of love, given my life new meaning, she has given me the best five years of my life so far and I’m sure many more to come.
To find someone so beautiful, intelligent, talented and loyal as she is, and then have the indescribable joy of spending my life with her, makes me feel like the luckiest man alive.

My first love. My last love. My only love.
She makes my life worth living, and the sooner I can call her my wife the better.