9th Wedding Anniversary

 

To Josh and I, between ROM and Wedding dates, the latter one is more meaningful and clocks a fuller count on when we exactly began life together as a married couple. Firstly, the ROM was just to get the marriage certificate as our flat was ready for hand over, as required by HDB regulation. Secondly, we did not live together till after our Christian cum Chinese Wedding on the 23rd September 2000.

It has been 9 years. Next year will be the 10th year. I’ve requested for a ring for next year, ha … don’t ask me why, maybe I’m thinking ten years is really quite a feat, given our very different personalities. Maybe purely because, after 3 pregnancies, the wedding band is really very tight on the ring finger. I’m not fussy, just a plain and good-looking ring will do, it need not be a diamond ring with so many so many carats.

I actually wrote something on my thoughts over our anniversary, I think maybe I should type it here (can’t stand my handwriting anymore).

 

“Marriage is a wonderful thing when you are married to the right person. I’m blessed to be on this track. This is one thing I can solely be contented in in life. To think that on this vast earth of billions of people, there is such a man who loves me. The thought of it already melts the heart. He loves me as who I am. I can be me. I can be honest. I can be weak. I can be honest. I know no matter how strong I am, I still need him.

It’s blessedness to know that I don’t have to walk through life alone.

I have a hand to hold on, a shoulder to lean on and a heart to attach on.

One doesn’t have to be extremely rich to be happy. One just need a person who will walk life’s journey with you in sickness and in health, in plenty and in want….

One just need someone to share your life with. Even a great hermit like me needs this someone.

Thank you, my love, for loving me. I love you too. “

 

Yesterday, we took the children to TCC German Centre for breakfast. It’s a very nice and quiet place to have your breakfast. You can only go there during office hours. The water feature is Zane’s favourite.

After Zoe went to school, it was Garage as usual for Zane and Josh took me to Botanical Garden’s Halia Restaurant for lunch. Nice and quiet place again. Just pricey. Villa Halia looks very good for one to have afternoon tea too. These places are opened at night too for diners and winers.

Next year’s anniversary, we may have to bring our little light bulb along.

We know we can only tell people that we are married for only 9 years. However, these 9 years have been very long for us. Long and yet fast, especially when we see how big Zoe and Zane are right now. More so for Zoe as we can remember her baby days very vividly and it seems like just yesterday when she was that babe in the arms.

It’s unexpected that we will have another babe in the arms soon. We will enjoy this blessing that God is bestowing. Definitely.

The J in my life

 

It has been 15 years that I’ve known the J in my life.

He was only officially my bf when I was 25.

He became my ex-bf when I was 27.

We had our first Z when I was 27 and second Z came along two years later.

Now, we are expecting unexpected L, whom we believe will be a joy giver.

 

All my life, I have never loved anyone else like the way I love J. Even during those days when we were apart, he was still constantly in my mind and I always wondered how he was getting on. We had a strange ritual, that is, to spend New Year’s Eve together, be it for a meal or whatsoever. We had a few countdowns to the new years together. The one we remembered most “fondly” was in 1997. I chose to think that he was so distracted by me that he dropped his 3 month old new model Nokia mobile phone. Those were the days when we were single and we didn’t blink an eye in whatever we bought for ourselves. In our house, there is still an object of evidence of this kinda of lavishness – our Kudos sofa. :p

I am thankful that in my life, he is here to share and to embrace. He loves me as who I am and he is forever so giving and thoughtful towards me. Many a times, I feel that he places me before himself. To him, to see me happy is his expression of love. Whatever I want to do in my life, he is there to support and be there. Nothing beats seeing him at the end of each day.

Our going has been very tough but I am glad we are in this together. I know without him, I would have call it quits long ago. He is my strength to carry on. His words “you have me, darling.” stay as a lifesaver in my inner man.

I am very, very, very thankful that after walking in a BIG circle, it is still back to him and God graciously blesses me with this wonderful man. I don’t deserve such love and devotion. I know this is heaven-blessed relationship.

I love you, hubby. Since the day I know you, I love you ….

Thank You, God.

 

15 September 2008, 6pm