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Chapter2016

Wandering into something golden…

27

A lot happened before we got here.

2016 — 2026. The story so far.

Some stories make more sense when you look backwards.

Mine starts here.

2016

The beginning of this chapter.

[STORY PLACEHOLDER] Where this chapter starts. A sentence or two about the year, the mood, and what was on the horizon.

[LOCATION]
[PEOPLE TAG]
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2016 HERO — portrait 4:5
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2016 MEMORY 01 — landscape 16:9

2017

[CHAPTER TITLE PLACEHOLDER]

[2–6 SENTENCE STORY PLACEHOLDER] Describe what happened this year and why it mattered.

[LOCATION]
[QUOTE PLACEHOLDER]
[PEOPLE TAG]
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2017 01 — portrait 4:5

PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2017 02 — portrait 4:5

PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2017 03 — portrait 4:5

2018

The beginning of this chapter.

[STORY PLACEHOLDER] Where this chapter starts. A sentence or two about the year, the mood, and what was on the horizon.

[LOCATION]
[PEOPLE TAG]
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2018 HERO — portrait 4:5
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2018 MEMORY 01 — landscape 16:9

2019

[CHAPTER TITLE PLACEHOLDER]

[2–6 SENTENCE STORY PLACEHOLDER] Describe what happened this year and why it mattered.

[LOCATION]
[QUOTE PLACEHOLDER]
[PEOPLE TAG]
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2019 01 — portrait 4:5

PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2019 02 — portrait 4:5

PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2019 03 — portrait 4:5

2020

[CHAPTER TITLE PLACEHOLDER]

[2–6 SENTENCE STORY PLACEHOLDER] The year the world changed — what shifted, what stayed.

[LOCATION]
[PEOPLE TAG]
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2020 01 — landscape 16:9

2020 · 1

PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2020 02 — landscape 16:9

2020 · 2

PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2020 03 — landscape 16:9

2020 · 3

PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2020 04 — landscape 16:9

2020 · 4

Plot twist

2020.

And then Covid happened. The whole world paused — so did the plans, the timelines, everything. The kind of plot twist nobody saw coming.

2021

[CHAPTER TITLE PLACEHOLDER]

[2–6 SENTENCE STORY PLACEHOLDER] This year lives in one image. Text floats over it.

[LOCATION]
[PEOPLE TAG]
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2021 HERO — full-bleed 16:9

Core memory

[MICRO-MEMORY PLACEHOLDER]

A moment worth keeping forever.

2022

[CHAPTER TITLE PLACEHOLDER]

[2–6 SENTENCE STORY PLACEHOLDER] Screenshots, notes, receipts. The year as an archive.

[LOCATION]
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — WhatsApp screenshot / artifact 01
screenshot
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — artifact 02
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — artifact 03
2023

[CHAPTER TITLE PLACEHOLDER]

[2–6 SENTENCE STORY PLACEHOLDER] Tape, handwritten notes, torn paper. Kept on purpose.

[LOCATION]
[PEOPLE TAG]
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2023 01 — portrait 4:5
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2023 02 — portrait 4:5
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2023 03 — landscape 16:9

[HANDWRITTEN CAPTION PLACEHOLDER]

God did.

[MICRO-MEMORY PLACEHOLDER]

You could not have scripted this one.

2024

[CHAPTER TITLE PLACEHOLDER]

[2–6 SENTENCE STORY PLACEHOLDER] A mosaic of moments. Little squares of the year.

[LOCATION]
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2024 01
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2024 02
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2024 03
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2024 04
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2024 05
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2024 06
2025

[CHAPTER TITLE PLACEHOLDER]

[2–6 SENTENCE STORY PLACEHOLDER] The year I was 25. The before, and the after.

[LOCATION]
[QUOTE PLACEHOLDER]
[PEOPLE TAG]
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2025 BEFORE — portrait 4:5
before
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2025 AFTER — portrait 4:5
after

This aged badly

[MICRO-MEMORY PLACEHOLDER]

In a few years, this one will be funny.

2026

And somehow, I'm 27.

The story isn't over. The timeline reaches the present day, pauses — then keeps drawing forward. You're part of what happens next.

[LOCATION]
[PEOPLE TAG]
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2026 CURRENT — portrait 4:5
PHOTO PLACEHOLDER — 2026 02 — landscape 16:9

And somehow, I’m 27.

The story
isn’t over.

You’re part of what happens next.

Leave me a wish

A few words, a prayer, a joke — whatever you want me to carry into 27.

Write a wish

Tell a Tomide story

Everybody knows a different version of me. Tell me yours.

Add your chapter

Get me something

27 things I’d love. No pressure. But since you asked…

See the wishlist

People who made the story possible.

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Here’s to
27.

Thank you for eight years of memories, lessons, laughter, and patience. This is yours as much as it is mine.

Tonight.

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The story isn’t over.