A gratitude of love
Someone like you…
I want to say I am truly sorry for having taken you for
granted. Nonetheless, you are the calm to my chaos, and the one who grounds me
when I stray off the side road. You are the one who reminds me that everything will
eventually work out to its best. You hold me close when I cry. Most of all, you
didn’t give up on me. It’s this journey together that has made me realize the
person I was longing for is someone like you…someone exactly like you. You are
the one I solemnly want to spend the rest of my life with. I promise to never
take you for granted. You are foremost the most desirable husband in the world
and an amazing father to our children. You are ‘Simply Stunning’! In fact, you are
phenomenal in many, many ways you never have thought; verified by both our
children!
This is not just a love letter, my dear… I want to pen this
down to tell you how much you meant to me in the best way I know how.
Before the beginning
of our journey;
I had a dream, I was drowning and calling for help, there
were no one there and I was scared. The dream was very vague, I could hardly breathe
and then, as I opened my eyes, I saw you. I had that dream before we were
together. It’s ironic isn’t it? I believe in faith, I believe in destiny, I
believe we were meant for each other, and I believe that our marriage will
never falter.
Our journey begins;
Somehow, somewhere along the way you showed up. The music in
you attracted me and the coolness carefree spirit of you drew me to you even
more; and till today it’s the same carefree spirit that drives me crazy… like a
symphony of ‘love-and-hate’. Perhaps it’s an opposite attraction to start with,
a perfect imperfection!
The day I decided to take that vow… and to be honest, I was
terrified deep down. I was so because I was somewhat surrounded by marriages
that didn’t quite worked out. And if you’d recall, I said to you; ‘If you
decide to marry me, you are marrying my whole family’, which you did. You loved
my family more than your own and I love you for loving us.
I will always remember the day when I asked you, ‘why do you
want to marry me?’. Perhaps you may have forgotten, but every word you say means
the world to me. You looked straight into my eyes; and as you kiss me goodnight,
you whispered to me… you are ‘intelligently sexy’. You gave me no reason not to
marry you. Honey, you are eccentric and full of surprises.
As our journey
continues;
The bond between us grew even stronger. I know I can be demanding
at times. Well, most of the time. But, I cannot deny the fact that you have
tolerated lots of my demanding, nonsensical flaws and plenty of my
imperfections. Not only did you make me feel like the most beautiful woman in
the world, you make me fall in love with you even more each time when I feel vulnerable. Like any married woman with kids, I was probably not sexy
anymore on our 10th anniversary. I remembered asking you what’s in
me that make you love me. You answered with two words again, and you said; ‘pleasantly plump’. Your honest sincerity
lifted me up once more. Your words somehow elevates my spirit and rejuvenates me.
Here goes the demanding me; I recalled asking you to
describe me in TWO words on our 15th anniversary. You simply blew my
mind off! ‘Maturely sensual’, I was
flattered. How not to fall in love with you again? You are most certainly my strength
when I am weak, and my laughter when I am sad … the one and only real treasure I
could ever ask for.
The say the least, the past two years hasn’t been easy at
all. It feels like we’ve hit a milestone on a long hard road… so much more than
the previous years. I am truly amazed by the turn of events we have been
through. It has been an honest struggle in certain ways, but an overall triumph
at the end of the day… more like a significant growth from the inside out. I’ve
learnt so much more about you, and through you, I’ve also come to rediscover
myself.
A gratitude
to Buddha’s grace for seeing two imperfect humans through another year.A gratitude to my parents, and my siblings for accepting you.
A gratitude to you for loving my parents and my siblings.
A gratitude for the challenges we faced together.
A gratitude to you for humbling yourself to make me shine.
A gratitude to you for the tremendous effort you’ve put into our family.
A gratitude to you for your patience with me.
A gratitude to you for your forgiveness, and your unwavering love.
A gratitude to our children for showing us what love is….
The journey yet to come;
I want our two precious children, our future grandchildren,
and perhaps our great-grandchildren to know how much we have put into our
marriage, so they too can learn to love their life partner just the way you
love me unconditionally.
“Most people
get married believing a myth, that marriage is beautiful box full of all the
things they have longed for; companionship, intimacy, friendship. The truth is
that marriage, at the start, is an empty box. You must put something in before
you can take anything out. There is no love in marriage; love is in people, and
people put it into marriage. There is no romance in marriage; people have to
infuse it into their marriages. A couple must learn the art, and form the habit
of giving, loving, serving, praising– keeping the box full. If you take out
more than you put in, box will be
empty.” –J. Allan Petersen
I cannot wait to see what the future holds for us, but I
love you with all my heart… in the end, it takes TWO to keep the box full; and
another TWO words to keep me going!
i LOVE you honey & Happy Anniversary!
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