Year 1999. When we first met. Two different races, two different places, two different cultures yet bound as one. Getting-To-Know stage was the fun-filled moments; we hang-out and talked about different things that we see from our places and people that we encounter. Despite the fact that we both like each other, things didn't go well as how we want 'em to be. People warned us that this relationship would never work, as they believe, relationships should be based on similarities and beliefs. Criticisms, discouragements and trials were the three main things that made us survive. No matter how painful it was, we stood by one another.
Year 2001. We thought everything was over. Someone came along in the middle. He went on his own. I went on my own. Things fell apart. Though it was hard to go on, we tried as much as we could. And just like how we first met, that's how we met again, promised that this time, no one can ever come between us. As they always say, you can never have the most possible thing that you always wished for without going through the hardest part.
Year 2003. He proposed without a ring. But with a promise that he will keep his promise. That whatever happened in the past won't happen again. Of course, I willingly accepted his proposal and said yes.
Year 2004. We got married. Thought it would be as easy as what we thought. Again, questions were asked by people who do not know what we really feel and planned for ourselves : Are you sure about each other? Do you think your marriage will survive with your differences? Where will you settle in? What about your future children, which school will you send them to? There may not be certain answers to these questions, but there is one word that assures everything : WE - we understand each other, we know who we are, we respect our own decisions, we compromise, and most of all we love each other sincerely.
Year 2006. We were gifted. A priceless one whom we regard our everything.