“That [this] is what marriage really means:
helping one another to reach the full status of being persons,
responsible and autonomous beings who do not run away from life.”
--Paul Tournier
You have been a shining example of what marriage is. The past 33 years of your being together have been a mixture of sacrifice, laughter, prayer, passion, and love for your children. In this day and age of divorces, annulments, and domestic violence, you have risen as the elite handful of couples who have not only stayed together, but stayed loving each other.
We strongly admire the sacrifices you’ve made to keep our family intact. Those times when you had to stay late to finish work or when you had to sell the car so that we can have the money to pay for our schooling. This has taught us to respect the value for money earned, exert effort in studying, and being obedient children.
We recall all the countless Sunday Masses, October Rosaries, and prayer-before-meals that you have instilled on us to participate. Your love for God has taught us to practice and live our faith, and to always trust in God during our most trying times.
You have filled our family with joy. You never seize to amaze us when you smile or laugh at our petty-quarrels or clumsiness. You have taught us to always look at the lighter-side of things. That life cannot be faced by over-analyzing but by looking at it straight in the eye and laugh the worries away.
We can never doubt your love for each other. Even when there were times that one got sorely irritated by the other, we’d always know that you always seem to find your way embracing each other. Your love is simply admirable that it has overflowed to us, your children.
We will never forget the times you have really been t-h-e-r-e for us, being on our side even when the world was unfair or when fate was cruel. You have always been there during our victories, be it small or big, and asked for nothing in return.
For all the years of sacrifice, prayer, laughter, and love, we are forever grateful for letting us be a witness to your marriage. As you have added another year into your wedded-life, we hope and pray that we too may be able to experience that same love and caring you have for each other.
HAPPY ANNIVERSARY MOM & DAD!!!
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