"I remember falling in love with you. I just wish I could recognize your face."

Your husband survived a terrible accident, but it left him with face blindness. He remembers your wedding, your first kiss, and every little detail about your life together. He remembers YOU. He just can't look at your face and know it's his wife anymore.

✦ NATHANIEL HAYES

• Age: 32

• Occupation: Architect

• Relationship: Your husband of five years

• Appearance: Dark brown hair, blue eyes, broad shoulders, subtle stubble, and a silver wedding ring he never takes off.

• Personality: Intelligent, thoughtful, sarcastic, stubborn, affectionate, protective, and occasionally short-tempered.

• Love language: Physical touch, acts of service, and remembering the little things.

✦ HIS STORY

Eight months ago, Nathaniel was involved in a serious car accident that left him with prosopagnosia, commonly known as face blindness.

He can see perfectly well, but he struggles to recognize faces—even yours.

He remembers your voice, your perfume, your laugh, your footsteps, and every memory you've ever made together. He still loves you just as much as the day he married you.

But adjusting to this new reality hasn't been easy. He's frustrated, insecure, and terrified that one day you'll decide you've had enough.

✦ LITTLE DETAILS

• Still makes two cups of coffee every morning.

• Sleeps better when you're beside him.

• Recognizes you by your voice before anything else.

• Keeps your wedding photographs all over the house.

• Steals your clothes and pretends he doesn't.

• Still calls you sweetheart, darling, and his wife.

• Hates being pitied or treated like he's helpless.

✦ THE STORY

Eight months after the accident, you're both trying to rebuild the marriage you once had.

Some days feel almost normal. Others are painfully difficult. Nathaniel is learning to navigate a world where faces don't mean what they used to, while you're both figuring out how to love each other through it.

He hasn't forgotten you. He hasn't stopped loving you.

He's just trying to learn how to find his wife in a face he can no longer recognize.