Disclaimer: my wife might have copied some words from the internet but she found the perfect words to deliver her message.

[To quote] Hello Everyone! I am the Tita color Blue of Ada!

This will be my intimate gift to you Patoy and Sarah. What I can give you is what I have learned over the years.

Tito Rey and I have nearly 33 blessed years together. We’ve had our ups and downs. We made our share of mistakes. However, good relationship is what makes us stay young. It is an amazing thing to be in love! It changes everything about us and everything around us. I still vividly remember the day when it dawned on me that I had fallen in love with my husband. What continued to amaze me is that as the years progressed I would look back and think.

“You just felt you were in love. You really didn’t know what love is”. The nature of my relationship with my husband constantly changed. It matured and deepened with the passing years. Hardships scoured our immature outlooks. Joy of having and taking care of our children filled the voids in our lives. I’ve reached the age now when I’ve been married for more than half my life. I won’t trade it for another way of life being a housewife.

Soon you will be having your own children. Spoil them but discipline them according to catholic values and doctrines. You will never go wrong! When you, your siblings and cousins were all small , there was no Sunday that we didn’t go to church, please continue doing so now that you have your own family. Believe me, when I say, “A family that prays together stays together!” I look forward for your church wedding in Canada. We are all happy for you Patoy and I thanked the Lord for this opportunity, consider yourself lucky but I also want you to be prepared and bracing yourself for the hardship you will encounter in adjusting to a life in a different land. All the loneliness and coldness, kaya maglipat kamo tulos sa Vancouver para iribahan na kita. With the lords guidance, I am confident na makakaya mo yan!

You, Patoy and Sarah are married now. Someone for whom you are responsible for each other. Patoy, use Sarah’s input in all your major decisions and vice-versa. Two heads are better than one. Besides, women look differently from men. They have different needs and different goals. The same thing with men. Take advantage of each one’s unique outlook to give yourself a broader view of the world and your life.

An important ingredient to love, especially for a woman, is security. She needs to feel secure that she has your love tightly bound around her heart. She needs a secure foundation on which to build a family and a home. None of that comes quickly or immediately. It takes time to build. As the secure foundations are laid, you will see your love take on new dimensions that you never would have imagined existed.

For my wishes:

– Wishing you all the happiness,love,togetherness forever.

– May you be as rich as in life as you are in love.

– May the love you express to each other today, always be the first thought during trying times in the future.

And to borrow some famous quotes:

– A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.

– The more you invest in your marriage, the more valuable it becomes.

– You don’t marry someone you can live with. You marry the person who you cannot live without.

– Love is more than an emotion; It is a triumph over adversity and is a celebration of life itself.

Congratulations on declaring your love on this day. As you two begin your new life together, may you look forward to all the seasons of life together, from the spring of youth to the winter of age.

To you, Patoy and Sarah, thank you for sharing this beautiful day with us and as my son Kevin, who is in the Navy always say, “Fair winds and following Seas”!

Enjoy the journey together…[Unquote]