A very Happy 22nd Wedding Anniversary to my beloved parents!!!
Yup, that's right....22 great years of marriage for them. Cheers!
There was kinda like a mini celebration for them this evening at this family gathering that's held every month.
Was so sweet of them...coz they had a small simple ceremony on the renewal of their wedding vows.
As u guys know, my family's catholic....so yea, there was the blessing of the rings, renewal of vows and stuff.
But i guess as simple as it was....the most important thing was that it was symbolic....
and i could see thru my parent's eyes that it meant a whole lot to them!
I'm happy for them for having survived 22 great year together....and I'm very sure there are more great years ahead awaiting them down the road.
Actually my sibilings and I were kinda like...wah lau, why must do these kinda thing one...so bo liao! I guess, at our age, especially since we're all not married, we dun really see the great significance behind this special ocassion celebrated by married couples. Especially since the number was 22....i mean, not like it's 30 or 50!
Well, at least I never did....never seen it as such a great big deal that u had to go all out and make known to everyone how long u've been married. But i guess after today, my opinion has kinda changed.....
I can't really remember, but someone was speaking to me today during the gathering, and she mentioned that i was really lucky to have such parents. She was also asking me on my opinion on their simple ceremony and i was like telling her i just went along with it for the sake of making them happy, not that i really gave a big deal towards it anyway, coz i didn't see how it really had to involve me. I think she was pretty surprised when she heard what i said....but then again...i was speaking the truth! Then i guess what she said next really struck me and changed my entire perspective of wedding anniversaries.....she mentioned to me that i shd count myself super lucky that my parents have been married for 22 years and that despite all the ups and downs they've been thru, what they have and still share surpasses all other boundaries. Especially in the present world that we live in......with so many case of divorces, broken marriages, single parenting, spouse abuse and affairs..etc The fact that i have such great parents who have brought my sibilings and myself up so well already tells the entire story. I'm not sure, but whatever she said really left a deep impact within me...silently even up to this very minute, it just left me reflecting and thinking abt it. It's made me think back...how they brought me up and the many thing and the endless love that's being showered upon the entire family....it's like a secret formula that no one else can replace and match up anywhere close....that has moulded me and made me to the person who i am today.....