Five years of continued hopes and dreams

June 10, 2006 was our fifth year of spending, celebrating, journeying and surviving life together. Bro, it is never easy. It is not all fun and merriment, there were times we were lonely and disappointed. It is not all times winning, sometimes we lose. It is not all times we gain, sometimes we’re about to give up.

I’ll be the biggest hypocrite and the greatest liar if I’ll say we are the ideal couple. We are a typical husband and wife having fought a lot of things about friends, family, money, decisions, events, etc., and had argued details about the way we dress ourselves, manners, bills, foods, etc. We exchanged sharp words that hurt our feelings and often times we remind each other of the good things we’ve done. But hey, those were part of this so called marriage. They were challenges; they were tests on how long you will last. As the old ones say, they are the ingredients that add spice to life. Life won’t be tasteful without those.

Every time we fight and argue, I look back to the old times. I look back when, where and how we met. I look at Jennard. Then, I’ll smile and the pain will subside. I tell myself, we managed to survive for 5 years and I believe we still have a long way to go. 5 years is a bit short. We are still in the beginning. We are still in the period of continued adjustment. But, these five years of being with Shrimp had thought me a lot of things about being a mom, a wife and a person. We do not have so much in life. We can’t give each other so much luxury in life. What we can give to each other and to Jennard is a heart that is always willing to love and a self that is ready to sacrifice.

What makes this marriage special? Together we face and share the hardship life brings us. We continue to fight the difficulties that come our way. And together we hope and dream for our future.