732Ellen sent this wonderful SOTM in from Christchurch, New Zealand. She wrote: “My boyfriend of almost 2 months said this to me after once when he was walking me home after a date. It was dark and almost raining when he stopped and told me that he was falling for me.

"It was the most amazing moment ever.” Today is SOTM's 2nd birthday. Many thanks to the 354,000 people who have visited the site 484,000 times, browsing through 4.2m pages. I specifically chose a photo for this anniversary that had been sent in by someone else.

This is because, as much as I love taking photographs and meeting people, nothing gives me more pleasure than when a complete stranger (sometimes on the other side of the world) takes the trouble to do their own SOTM, and shares something of their life with the rest of us.