In 2015, we rented out our home in Baltimore, Maryland, bought an RV, and set out on an Amazing Marriage Adventure. Our goal was to share married couple’s love stories from across the United States in hopes of inspiring all couples to live a more amazing life together. After over a year on the road and over 40,000 miles driven, we completed the Adventure and have documented at least one married couple’s love story in each state.
Amazing Life Together is a celebration of love and compilation of 75 unforgettable love stories and inspiring quotes about marriage that couples shared with us as we traveled across the country. The book is full of impactful stories of trials and triumphs that will fill your heart with love, joy, hope, and inspiration. From the former drug dealers in inner-city Atlanta, GA, to the young farmer and his wife in Gackle, ND, to the couple battling breast cancer together in Portland, OR, to the NFL player and his wife in Chicago, IL, each couple has a unique story that will touch your heart.
A beautiful full-color, hard-bound book, with over 110 gorgeous color photos, Amazing Life Together will be an inspiring addition to your coffee table and will leave a lasting impact on you and those you share it with. Have we mentioned it would be the perfect wedding gift for those soon-to-be-married couples in your life?
Jen and Ryan – Brooksville, FL “Marriage is hard but really good. We have learned that it is important to be creative with how things can look. It is not always black or white. We are really good at seeing other ways to do things that are not expected or normal. It has given us opportunities to grow in different ways. We have fun outside of the norm.” |
Siggi and Martellus – Chicago, IL “My whole goal is to be the man that I would want my daughter to marry. Whether it’s as a father or the way I treat her mom. I want my daughter to see how much fun you can have in a relationship. I want her to grow up in an environment where we have breakfast for dinner or dessert before dinner.” |
Millie and Richard – Bronxville, NY “In order to get through the challenges, we have learned that we can’t take marriage lightly. We have to really truly be in love and feel like we can’t even live without that other person by our side. It won’t work unless we truly love each other and are committed to each other.”
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After spending over a year in an RV, and then a year transcribing and compiling the love stories we documented, we are excited to complete the self-publishing process of Amazing Life Together. The book is written. It is in the final stages of editing. The cover is designed, and now we just need your help to print it. Our goal is to raise $10,000 to print the first set of books.
Through this self-publishing process, we have learned there are quite a few benefits to self-publishing over traditional publishing. However, there are just a few challenges, as well. One of the challenges is the cost of printing. Without having access to the scale of print jobs that traditional publishers have, the cost to print each book is extremely high. We have decided to create this book as a hard-bound, premium full-color book, because we want this to be something you are excited to have on your coffee table, today and everyday! It is meant to be something that can inspire you with love for years to come. By choosing a high quality product, we are forced to price the book at $50, which we understand might be higher than what you would typically spend on a book. However, we hope you see the value, as we do, in the quality product and mission surrounding it.
Purchasing your Amazing Life Together book through this pre-sale is monumental in getting this book into the hands of many. By purchasing our first round of books, we will be able to secure a slight discount on the bulk order. All proceeds from the sales of these books and donations from this campaign, will go directly to Amazing Life Together, funding the completion of this project, and allowing the organization to continue to document and share inspiring love stories in the future.
As wedding photographers, we’ve seen how much energy and excitement goes into planning a wedding. However, after photographing over 125 weddings, we realized that there is so much hype surrounding a wedding day, but not the marriage afterwards. Our hope is that this book will be a beautiful reminder of the inspiring love that surrounds us and the gift that is marriage.
Joni & Tory – Maine – “Just talking about us like that, and really having to dig deep for your answers was so good for us! It was a total refresh having to really think about how our relationship works. We’ve been on cloud nine all weekend and I feel like it’s totally been so affirming for the little team that we’ve become. So thank YOU guys for the reminder of the treasure that we have in one another.”
Amanda & Tyler – New Hampshire – “Thank you! Thank you! Thank you for yesterday! You really made our day, week, year. It was truly refreshing to meet a couple that shares a lot of our views on marriage. Thank you for what you are doing. I believe that the adventure you are taking is going to help a lot of couples. You have already made us fall a little more in love!
Lindsay & Keli’i – Hawaii – “We enjoyed doing the interview with you and had a lot of fun with it! We felt that it was quite beneficial for us just to take the time to reminisce and talk about things that are important to us. Thank you so much for that! I wish you the very best in this project, I think it’s wonderful!”
It’s super easy! Just make a donation and select the perk with your choice of book. Once the books are printed, we will ship it directly to you! The Ebooks will be released at the same time as the printed book.