16 years

According to an article, the 15th year anniversary was usually the first to receive serious gift giving within the family circle. The traditional list mentions crystal and the modern list mentions a watch. It was already our 16th year anniversary, the 15th had passed. No listings were there for the 16th, 17th, 18th and 19th anniversaries. But do we really need those lists?

We were not serious about these symbols, actually. We do not care the least about these symbols for anniversaries. Aside from the mediocre resources we have, we believe the opposite – that love does not have something to do with those material things. Not a single symbol could strengthen the bond. It is love itself that does it. And it is enough.

We clicked together. We read what is on the other’s mind. Do you notice how one will put the words to what the other has on mind? It usually happens. It is the bond we have. From the pout to the smirk, from the gloomy face to the jubilant expression, from the silence to the burst of laughter, we can translate. We always do.

We are each other’s strength, inspiration, refuge, glory, support, company, and the ‘bestest’ friend. We have misgivings. We fought. We disagreed. We kept silent because of pain. We pardoned each other. Then we love again and again. I do not see what they perceive as the poison there is in love. But we know that love is what had kept us together through the years and we always say 'I Will Be Here'.

Just like what Queen Elizabeth II quoted in a speech – ‘I think that everyone will concede that—today of all days—I should begin by saying, "My husband and I".

My husband and I stood the tests of times! (Though this is not an introduction but a wrap-up for my exposition on this wonderful 16th wedding anniversary.)