05.01.08
DidiLac
DidiLac
On May 8, my parents will attain the pearl of
their 30th wedding anniversary – together,
physically and spiritually most importantly.
Basing on Mama’s recounts of their younger years as a couple, people did not seem to see them instinctively as a perfect match. Papa being ten years older and a hippie-influenced artist opposed to the scholarly Mama, they definitely sounded like an unlikely duo – but only for a time. Through the seasons they braved trials, six pregnancies with only three successful but difficult childbirths, demeaning rumors, disapproving relatives, and persecution for their new-found faith at that time, the same faith which sustains them up to this day.
Today, some turn to them for marriage counseling, many of my friends profess that they are the sweetest/perfect couple they have ever seen, and ironically, people come to ask them the secret of their successful marriage. The answer is simple. It’s their oneness in God.
I can only be grateful to the Lord for blessing me with the best parents one could ever have.
Do you think happy ever afters here on earth are defunct? Or do you still believe in them? Well, when you look at these two, it’s difficult not to. They are proof that matches still are made in heaven.
Note for Franz (whose birthday is also on the 8th of May):
No… people don’t live “happily ever after” right after the kiss, “happily ever after” is only the beginning… and when you’re truly blessed, it never ends. Happy anniversary to my parents and happy birthday to their adopted son, Franz, on the 8th!
Photo by Lester Ong (another adopted son)
