24 Years of Us: Love in the Time of Chaos, Courage & New Beginnings

24 years.

Sometimes it feels like a lifetime. Sometimes it feels like we blinked.

And sometimes — like this year — it feels like the universe placed us on a roller coaster we didn’t exactly sign up for… but rode anyway, together.

This year wasn’t the typical anniversary year with neat milestones and predictable rhythms. It was the year we learned to breathe inside uncertainty. The year life asked us questions we hadn’t prepared answers for. This was a year love quietly became our strongest survival skill.

The Step That Changed Everything

On paper, it looked irrational. Leaving a stable, comfortable, predictable work life to start a business from scratch and walking away from a stable structure, a fixed rhythm, and a familiar identity.

But somewhere deep within, something whispered —It’s time.

And so I stepped into the unknown.

There were days the path felt clear, and days when anxiety fogged everything. There were moments of excitement… and moments when even opening a new email required courage. Entrepreneurship teaches humility very quickly — especially when responsibility expands, but stability shrinks.

Sometimes it felt like standing at the edge of a cliff with a parachute I had stitched myself.

And Through It All — There Was You

If this year has tested anything, it has been the foundation beneath our marriage.

And that foundation held. Because you held.

Not with dramatic speeches or big gestures…but with a steady presence that said, “We’ll figure it out.”

There is a strength in you that moves quietly but anchors deeply. You believed in me on days I struggled to believe in myself. You carried the emotional weight of managing household stuff when I was carrying the weight of my decisions.

You balanced the chaos when I was learning to balance the business.

And there were days when your silence was the biggest support —the kind that doesn’t try to fix anything, just stays.

“મૌન પણ ક્યારેક શબ્દોથી વધારે સાથ આપે છે.”

(Sometimes silence becomes a deeper companionship than words.)

Love, As It Looked in Year 24

Love this year didn’t look like romance.

It looked like resilience.

It looked like two people choosing patience when life offered pressure.

It wasn’t candlelight dinners — it was late-night discussions about orders, ideas, and the next morning’s uncertainties.

It wasn’t surprises and celebrations — it was the comfort of coming home to someone who understands your quiet sighs.

It wasn’t picture-perfect harmony —

It was imperfect courage. Shared. Daily. Silently.

“थाम कर हाथ चल पड़े थे, राह आसान हो गई…

मंज़िल तो वही थी, पर हिम्मत दोगुनी हो गई।”

(We walked holding hands, and the road softened…The destination was the same, but the courage doubled.)

What This Year Taught Us About ‘Us’

This year taught me:

• That partnership isn’t tested in comfort — it’s refined in uncertainty.

• That when life becomes chaotic, love becomes an anchor, not an escape.

• That shared faith is bigger than shared plans.

• That having someone who stands with you is worth more than any guarantee life could offer. And yes — we laughed too. Because sometimes, the only way to survive uncertainty is to find humour in it.

Looking Ahead: Year 25 and Beyond

We’re stepping into the next year not with perfect clarity, but with something far better:

A deeper understanding of each other. A stronger trust. A quieter confidence.

I don’t know what the next chapter holds —but I know who’s standing with me while I write it.

And that’s enough. More than enough.

“તૂફાન આવે કે સમય બદલાય…જયારે સાથ મજબૂત હોય ત્યારે ડર કોઇ વસ્તુનો નથી રહેતો.”

(Storms may come, times may shift…But when togetherness is strong, fear loses its power.)

To Us, On Our 24th Anniversary

Thank you, Kinjal —for your patience, your strength, your grounding, and your faith in me when I needed it most.

If this year was a storm, you were my umbrella —not perfect, not fancy, but always enough.

Happy Anniversary to us. 24 years down… and still learning, still growing,

still choosing each other — every single day.