Happy 5th Civil Wedding Anniversary, Mr. L!

Last Monday, September 7th, Mr. L and I celebrated our 5th Civil Wedding Anniversary! Wow, how time flies! It seems only yesterday when it was 2004 and we were both wed by our relative and “ninong”, Lolo Bambit, at the Max Fried Chicken Restaurant located at the Quezon City Circle.

[This was made and given by Aunt Nancy right after we had our Civil Wedding in 2004.  We have this framed in our hallway.] 

Being totally clueless about civil weddings and as such, I guess we both didn’t know what to expect, what was going to happen and what to wear. I seriously don’t think we were both dressed for the occasion and I even remember leaving the house with drenched hair so excuse’ moi. We didn’t really invite a lot of people because our intention was to have the big celebration of our matrimony at the church with our family and friends the following year. We only had the Judge (our Lolo Bambit), my mom, Remy and two of our civil wedding “ninangs” and witnesses (Tita Rose and Tita Mindy). All we both knew that day was we were going to get married and begin our exciting journey together.

Here’s a photo us of in the midst of exchanging our “I do’s…”



That day was filled with excitement, happiness and anxiety. We were both excited and happy that we were going to get married that day but at the same time feeling anxious. I was anxious because I had a test that I had to take that day for work and Mr. L was leaving that night. I guess Mr. L was anxious too because he was leaving that night. It was almost a bittersweet experience. It was sweet to be married that day and yet bitter because we were going to be apart once again. But we didn’t mind any of that drama, we both knew being miles away from each other was but temporary and we had so many years and a lifetime ahead of us to be together.

So here we are after 5 years, although we have gainfully increased our weight compared to that picture taken above… still happily married …more understanding of each other’s quirks…more accepting of our individuality…yet very much aware of the need of each other’s presence to strengthen our solidarity… continuously striving each day and leaning on each other to face the challenges of life…yet very much enthused of what is yet to come…

[Greeting cards from my mother-in-law & father-in-law and Nana & Grandpa Lil'...]

Mr. L and I haven’t celebrated our 5th Civil Wedding Anniversary yet…We will do so next week, the 18th, because that was the only available date. I will talk more about it soon. I will post pictures soon of how we celebrated our 5th Civil Wedding Anniversary.

Coincidentally, Labor Day this year fell on our Civil Wedding Anniversary and my in-laws invited us for a barbecue. We also got a few treats from them that day: a bottle of hand sanitizer (from my father-in-law); two bottles of Clorox Cleaner (from mother-in-law she bought from BJ’s) and some snacks from Aunt Jan (ooooh, I love free snacks!)

So there. Again, Mr. L Happy 5th Civil Wedding Anniversary! ILU, I can’t wait for our next adventure! You really are my partner in crime!