happy 41st!

they say, at every start of a relationship there's this thing called honeymoon stage. the first three months of being a couple are the best and sweetest time. the time when they are head over heels inlove with each other. the time when everything and everyday seems perfect, colorful and magical.

my plan of working in singapore has been crystalized few months before alvin and i got back together. being a planner and forward-thinker that i am, committing to anyone before i leave wasn't part of my plan.

until we started seeing each other and going out together...all over again.

i tried to stick to my original plan as much as i can. but he was persistent and i stopped resisting. and love pulled us in.

we got back together in may this year. it's been five months now. two months past the honeymoon stage. but it seems like we haven't gotten over that period yet. for the past months, we exchanged sweet-nothings almost on a daily, hourly basis. and yes, we also shared fights, big and small. but in all these, i just fall more deeply inlove with this man, every morning that i wake up, and every night before i sleep.

many times i contemplate about the love we have. and i really consider myself lucky to have found a love like this, authentic, comforting, lasting. and i consider myself doubly lucky for sharing this kind of love with him, he who is selfless, patient, understanding. this is the love i'm extremely thankful for. this is the man i would love to love many times over.

and today (well, less than an hour from now), we remember and celebrate our 41st monthsary. we're two months into ldr now, (22 more to go!), but it's the third time that we celebrate it away, so far away, from each other. 

and as the distance between us grows, so is my love for him. it grows every second of every day, seriously.

and it is my hope and prayer that we keep this honeymoon stage going, even after we're long past the three-month period, even through wrinkled face and graying hair.