The Olu of Warri, Ogiame Atuwatse III’s wife, Olori Ivie Atuwatse, has written a beautiful epistle to celebrate their 10th wedding anniversary today.
On Instagram, the Warri Queen shared cute photos to mark their union with a heartfelt note reminiscing their beginnings.
According to the queen, her marriage to the king was her dream fulfilled. She recalls casually mentioning that they would be married even as friends.
She is grateful to God for His extension of kindness by giving her a husband who helped her overcome fears and anxieties.
Ending her note, she cheered to fifty more years of them together.
My heart is too full; honestly, words fail to convey the level of gratitude my heart feels not just for 10 years with God’s dream for me (there is no way my limited mind could have dreamed or wished for Atuwatse III; he is beyond the man of my dream; he is an answered prayer my spirit released because my experiences could not have fathomed his existence) but for the level of God’s intentionality towards us as a family, which is simply an act of mercy and grace.
When we were still “friends”, I casually mentioned to him that I would instead be married to no one else, and 10 years later, that statement rings more accurate than ever. His kindness, his protection, his faith(my God, his faith!), his faith is our family’s strong tower.
His love, his love, has delivered me from fears inherited and acquired. A former addict to anxiety, I have been delivered by the steadfastness of his love towards me to trust, to trust that the darkest nights lead to our brightest mornings.
Truly, he is an extension of God’s love towards me on earth, and I don’t know the kind of prayer I could have prayed to be so blessed. In year 1, I called him supercalifragilisticexpialidocious; it rings truer today than ever! He is a magnificent husband and now father to me.
I don’t have the words; my heart is too full to convey my level of Thanksgiving; nothing does it justice.
To the God that has kept us, I say Baba Uwese!!
Baba Enedokpe!!
Thank you. Where would we be if you left us?
Our story is a story of redemption; you are the redeemer of our lives, the redeemer of our love, and the redeemer of our home. The third chord that has bound us firmly together in love and unity.
Father, we have come to say THANK YOU!!
For the next 50-plus years, we have come to say
THANK YOU!!
Thank you for your hand upon the Atuwatse III union and your faithfulness towards our family!
Thank you for your finger, which is evident to all to see!!
Enedopke Baba!!
Happy 10th Anniversary to us, My king.
@oluofwarri”
