Hey Hey :-)
This is 'US' ... Richard Taimalie and Kerri Arthur, both 51 years young. You might be asking yourself, how did we come to 'be'? Well let's see...
Like so many other couples before us, we had been living very different lives prior to our completely, unpredictable, most definitely unapologetically 'here and now'. There was a time before 'US' that had somehow inexplicably, intricately navigated us through our vastly different lives, to weave us together into the couple we are today.
We had relationships, marriages, great times and not so great times, makeups and breakups, mistakes and shakeups. But most of all, from lessons learnt, from people loved, and people we love... we have mountains and oceans of memories to treasure.
The Kids
From all of life's lessons and adventures came the 'best' kind of wonderful crazy of them all — four wonderfully independent, uniquely, perfect children! Kerri's sons being Lachlan who is 20 years old, James who is 16 years old, and Richard's daughters being Uma who is 19 and Alva who is 17 years old.
They make us inexplicably proud, they are deeply, unconditionally loved, they are valued for each of the amazingly unique, wonderful, crazy, funny, loving, sweet, quirky individuals they are!
How We Reconnected
We were born in the same town in Dunedin, New Zealand, born in the same hospital, we met when we were about 10 and 11 years old, we went to the same intermediate school and high school... we grew up with many of the same childhood friends who we still have today.
When did we reconnect? We only started talking just over a year ago. We had been good old 'Facebook' friends for near on five years. Kerri having lived in Melbourne, Australia for 32 years, Richard having lived here in Sweden for nearly 16 years.
"Love completely, amazingly, unapologetically 35 years later, found 'US'." — R&K xx