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Last Saturday, my husband and I celebrated our sixth wedding anniversary. Prior to getting married, we were together as boyfriend and girlfriend for almost five years. (It was a rather rough ride though, with most of those years spent in a long-distance relationship, as we were both missionaries for our Catholic youth community back then.)
Celebrating our sixth wedding anniversary over coffee (well, hot chocolate for him!) and cake
A lot of people who know us now don’t know that we didn’t get together under the best of circumstances – you see, it was a rather whirlwind romance for us, and many people, including our families, leaders and mentors in our youth community, did not approve so much of our getting together so quickly. (On hindsight, we know they reacted that way only because they love us and wanted us to be very careful and discerning before making any major decisions!)
This is Anthony and me a few days BEFORE we became boyfriend and girlfriend. Hehe!
Most people also don’t know that during our relationship, we almost broke up A LOT of times, and at one point, I even considered becoming a nun! We also went through many “periods of darkness” (though I don’t want to elaborate on that here – maybe I’ll `fess up about it here sometime, tee hee!).
Now that we’re married with two beautiful kids though, and, thank God, quite happy with where we are, I look back and can only say that it is truly by God’s grace that we’re together.
{This is just part of a post I wrote for my contribution this week to philstar.com’s unBLOGGED section. To read the entire post, which includes Ten Tips For Married Couples, (though not originally written by me) please click here.} |
Of Husbands and Fathers
This is a preview of my post this week on Philstar.com’s unBLOGGED section. Please do take time to read the whole version by clicking here. Thanks! Godbless!
Of husbands and fathers
By Featured Blogger Tina Santiago-Rodriguez, October 04, 2011 12:00 AM
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I was recently privileged to write an article about solo parents for Smart Parenting Philippines’ website. It mainly focused on the challenges of being a single parent. All of the respondents to my interview questions for the article were single moms.
Doing the article made me realize once again the important role husbands and fathers play in the family. Parenting is a very challenging task – more like a calling or vocation actually. Doing it alone is even more difficult, especially if you’re a woman. That’s why I am particularly grateful for my husband, who incidentally, celebrated his birthday last September 24. I thank the Lord for choosing and calling him to be my partner in life, love, parenting and mission. We are far from being the perfect couple, and perfect parents, but I wouldn’t trade my Honey for anything in the world. 
Our family’s ‘wacky’ photo on hubby’s birthday
Since I am already on the subject of husbands and fathers, let me share with you excerpts from some articles that speak clearly about the importance and value of husbands and fathers. I hope they inspire you as much as they inspired me: 1. “Father-love and mother-love are not the same thing.” It is the family, the love between husband and wife, father and mother, which holds everything else in society together. |
Click here to read the complete article on Philstar.com. 🙂
