Maybe because it's not the inspiration or the motivation alone. Blogging about our stories and lessons as a married couple also serves as a reminder for ourselves to hold on and have faith in our love even though challenges come our way.
Princes and princesses of fairy tales often end up being wed to each other and live happily ever after--- and, admit it or not, that was also our conception of marriage long before we say "I do" to our better half. We thought that once we got married, the rest of our lives would be like magic, sprinkled with happiness. But later we would know that the wedding is just the start of a whole new chapter in our lives. New challenges, new responsibilities, and new experiences and lessons in life are yet to come.
My husband and I are already married for four years and we have a four year old daughter. Four years but we still consider ourselves as newly weds. We're still in the process of strengthening our marriage. Challenges have started to shake us and we are continuously holding on to each other to prevent us from falling apart. So far, we manage to keep our marriage intact and the romance alive.
We are currently in a long distance relationship. My husband has been in an official business travel for almost two years in United States (I'm now in the Philippines, our home country). He comes back for a short two-week vacation every six months. This set up has somehow stirred my sanity. Never in my whole life I thought of having a long distance marriage. I was never prepared for this. But, well, it came. So now I am dealing with it. I still wanted us to have a healthy relationship even though we are far apart from each other.
Because of our situation, I thought that blogging could be a way to always remind myself to hold on to our love, especially when I'm troubled, lost and lonely. This could also be a means to remind you and other readers to always have faith and believe in love. Our own fairy tales begin with love and end with love. But in between, we have to work, strengthen and believe in that love.
May this blog be a food for each of our hungry hearts. May this blog be a food nutritious enough to feed our souls and spirits so we may be able to have the inspiration and motivation to keep the romance alive in our marriages. May this blog be a food that would make our love for our partners strong at all times.
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