sweet moments in silver

april 02,2008

Around 5:00 pm today, my three daughters gathered around me and my husband while we're watching tv. He just came from work and i was trying to beat the heat of summer in the comforts of our family room. They walked in smilingly, eyes turning from my husband and then to me, when suddenly, my eldest, jill, handed him out a small pink envelope that seemed like that of a greeting card's. As he tries to open it, all our eyes are now glued to him waiting until he gets to pull out its content. It was, indeed a card with a picture of springtime, birds hovering over trees that are starting to bloom anew of flowers. In the upper middle part was written: WELCOME Prying the card open, two hotel room card keys were inserted and a piece of paper slipped in together bearing my husband's name and the numbers 1152. We are being treated for a one night accommodation at the Edsa Shangri-la, paid in advance with a departure date of 03.04.08. Yes, tomorrow, we'll be celebrating our 25th Wedding Anniversary and our children want to make it sure we're together, side by side and alone with ourselves at the strike of twelve midnight.....what a thought...! what a sweet, wonderful thought...

So, how did we react to it?? SPEECHLESS! for a while, i couldn't believe they really come up with it. more than surprised, i feel really special at the time and i couldn't help but tell them exactly that. and tears start welling up my eyes. After a while, i managed to say thank you and asked them if they also got a room for them. They said no because they want us to be alone even for a night, away from them and it all. But my husband insisted that they get another room because we want to celebrate the night with them. After all, we'll sleep in different rooms later. So off we go to the hotel.

It was really nice. The whole experience was something i will never forget in my entire life.
I realized how our children have really grown...and how old we're getting now. It's very heartwarming to see these three young ladies of ours never getting tire of their parents. We are, indeed, so blessed to have them in our life for without them, our marriage won't go as far as this. Twenty five years. I never thought it would be this fast. But thinking over what we went through during these years make me agree that, yes, we are bound by love that no human minds can understand and no so-called "love expert" can explain the whys and hows of it. No matter how hard and grave marital problems seem to those who are watching, love has a language of its own in which the majesty and mystery of God is displayed at its best. How we came to this point is not easy. it never will but it will only get more exciting as we trust the Author and Designer of love and the relationship called marriage. To my three, beautiful, lovely , wonderful daughters: I always thank God for giving you to us. You are such awesome children who never fail to show how much and what daddy and i mean to all of you. You never run out of ideas to make life exciting, fun and easy to live. Without you, our marriage wouldn't be like it is today. It is through your unconditional love that we can go through and muster all fears and doubts parents face everyday. DADDY AND I LOVE YOU, ALL OF YOU SO MUCH, MORE THAN WHAT YOUR MINDS CAN COMPREHEND AND MORE THAN WHAT YOUR HEARTS CAN CONTAIN. PRAISE BE TO GOD FOR YOU. TO GOD BE ALL THE GLORY!!