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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.} |
Recognitions
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