We celebrated our 3 years of marriage this April, total of 5 years being together. Our time together is filled with joy that I couldn't fathom into words. But something that is too good to be true, needs a gut-punching event once in awhile. To keep our eyes wide open, to keep our feet on the ground. To keep us closest to reality. And that is how we understand about being human, even with the pain it made us feel. That know we understand, marriage is ‘heartbreak-and-hurt’, and at the same time also ‘growth and self-discovery’. It is flawed and we both learned from the crack. And no marriage is perfect, and it shouldn't be. Loving somebody is not perfection and good times and laughing and making love, but love is forgiveness and patience and faith. And you have to be with someone that deserve your faith and you have be deserving of someone else's, too. It is sacred. I don't marry just to wake up next to you everyday. But I marry you because I know marriage is hard, blending two families is hard, raising kids is hard, paying bills is hard, doing our jobs everyday is hard, life is hard, and you are the person I want to go through it with. I don't marry you because we are cute together (yes of course we are), but I marry you because this is a long work with a never-ending-ups-and-downs, and with you... is worth every second of it. To experience this kind of bond, to be loved, to be seen, to be understood and to be chosen this deeply, I'm beyond grateful, thank you. Well, I never seen forever, but I know we will remain. And true love is, indeed, not magic, my dear. We fall in love in just a second, but to prove that love, it's a lifetime endeavor. And if they said people will have 2-3 committed relationship for the rest of their lives, I wish it will be you and me again and again, marry and re-marry again for a lifetime. Because, I don't want anyone else if it is not you.