WE HAVE FOUND EACH OTHER (Happy Wedlock)

When a couple reaches a major milestone like a Silver Jubilee, the celebration calls for music that tells their specific story. Jude Nnam composed "We Have Found Each Other (Happy Wedlock)" to honor the 25th wedding anniversary of Chief Boniface and Florence Kanu. It is a bright, joyful piece—marked *Allegro Con brio*—that captures the enduring romance and deep faith required to sustain a marriage through the years.

The song is a wonderful choice for wedding Masses and anniversary thanksgivings. In the choir loft, the sopranos lead a sweet, conversational melody that feels like a couple renewing their vows to one another. The verses actually weave in the names of the original couple, with playful but earnest lines declaring, "Florence, you are my love" and "Boniface, you are my husband." Other verses touch on the realities of married life, from promising to stay together "for better and for worse" to humorously advising the couple to pay no heed to "gossiping fellows" and "wagging lips."

During the refrain, the choir unites to lift the couple’s journey up to God, singing, "May Your constant mercy and love be upon us in our marriage, Lord!" It is a warm, deeply personal anthem that reminds the congregation that true, unending joy in marriage is built on a foundation of mutual trust and God's grace.