I was extremely surprised and am grateful for you all celebrating Mallory’s and my special day.
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Hello, welcome to English Language and Usage SE! Please be aware that proofreading questions are not on-topic for this site. We will be able to answer your question if you can specify a particular part of the sentence (grammar or word usage) that you are unsure about. – herisson Sep 08 '16 at 23:38
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If the part you are unsure about is "Mallory's and my," you might find the answers to the following question useful: What possessive forms are used for mutual 1st person ownership? – herisson Sep 08 '16 at 23:39
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I was extremely surprised and am grateful for you all celebrating Mallory’s and my special day.
It is incorrect.
You switch verb tense from past tense to present tense: was surprised to am
Keep am by making it a Compound Sentence.
"Mallory’s and my special day" = correct =
When on of the words showing joint possession is a pronoun, both words should be possessive in form: Peggy's and my bookcase [not Peggy and my bookcase]
—John E. Warriner. Warriner’s English Grammar and Composition. Third Course. Liberty Edition. Orlando, Florida: Harcourt, Brace, and Jovanovich. 1986. 825.
CORRECT:
I was extremely surprised, and I am grateful for you all celebrating Mallory’s and my special day.
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