Our 31st Anniversary...

I'd like to know that his love,

Is love I can be sure of,

So tell me now and I won't ask again,

Will he still love me tomorrow?

I remember today, 31 years ago. It was a new beginning that marked the start of a brave new future filled with all dreams can hold. We were young and innocent. We ignored our conscience and ran full steam ahead down a road that we didn’t know where it was leading to. That day I thought of the future and wished those dreams would come true.

If asked, I would say that a period of 31 years together is a handful of years to live with one man. It isn't easy to explain. It has not been the fairy tale marriage I dreamed it would be, but neither have I burrowed around with the gophers. I suppose it has most resembled the stock exchange, fairly stable, more ups than downs, and gradually trending upward over time. A good story, a lucky one and I've learned that not everyone can say this about their marriages.

But do not be misled. I am nothing special, of this I am sure. I am a common person with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There is no history dedicated to me, and my name will soon be forgotten, but I have loved someone with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.

And I love him, not for what he is, but for what I am when I am with him.

(2009 - Iftar @ The Legend)

(2010 - Iftar @ The Legend)

As Time Goes By

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We are older now but better by far

Who knows how good it can be

Our love still grows like a plant in the sun

Or a wave rising up from the sea.

We laughed before, but we laugh more now.

Life is more fun so it seems.

Days are sunnier, the moon shines brighter;

Our life is the stuff of dreams.

(By Karl Fuchs)

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Happy Anniversary, Yang...