Local content creator and influencer Danita Camilleri, better known to many by her Instagram handle ‘One Chick and a Yorkie’, has marked a major personal milestone: 10 years of marriage to her husband, Andrew.
Just a day after sharing a sweet tribute to her parents on their anniversary, Danita turned the spotlight onto her own relationship, taking to social media to reflect on a decade of love, laughter, and real-life ups and downs with her signature humour and honesty.
‘10 years, I can hardly believe it,’ she wrote, sharing some gorgeous throwback photos from their wedding day. ‘I look at the photos from our wedding and I feel all the emotions come rushing back. I remember how much we planned the whole thing, and the second we left the church, we were like, “We enjoyed the ceremony so much, we could just head home now!”’
In true Danita style, her post was both light-hearted and real, capturing the rollercoaster that is married life – especially when you and your partner are opposites and kids enter the picture.
‘Marriage isn’t easy, especially when you're different people. And when kids come along, the page flips again, and you discover new things about the person you thought you knew by heart,’ she wrote. She didn’t shy away from the effort it takes to make a relationship work either: ‘Marriage isn’t something that just happens – you have to work for it. You have to communicate, keep it alive, make sacrifices.’
Reflecting on how many couples around them have called it quits over the years, she joked, ‘We always say, “We're still hanging in there!” Hopefully we keep hanging in, even though sometimes we say we’d be better off alone!’
Ending on a funny yet touching note, she added: ‘We don’t admit it, and we’re both a little too proud, BUT we can’t go without each other… I think. Happy 10th, husband – here’s to many more!’
Props to Danita for her refreshingly honest take on marriage – equal parts real talk and couple goals.
Here’s to more love, laughs, and honest reflections in the years to come!