Although this is technically our 8th year together, I'd much rather think that this is our 7th -- if only to explain the various pitfalls that came our way this year. You see, we weren't really together in our first year. It was only after I graduated from college that we started to get serious. The 7th year, they say, is the most difficult, the most challenge laden, the worst. Haaay. Don't I know it? I can't wait to get past this. Whatever this is.


8 Great Years
Originally posted by Yan, Feb. 28, 2007, 6:39 pm.

Happy anniversary, baby!

Thank you for 8 wonderful years.

I can't ask for anything more.

I love you. And I will always love you.


Looking forward to the next 20 years
Originally posted by Yan, Feb 28, 2007, 7:00 pm.

Dear Baby,

I can't imagine life without you. Happiness is seeing your face the moment I wake up and seeing your smile before I sleep.

Thank you for being my best friend, my confidant, and my greatest fan. Because of you, I am a better person - more confident, more compassionate, more patient, and more accepting of my faults and the faults of others.

Thank you for loving my friends and family. Because of you, I have learned to appreciate all the love that surrounds me, and to love and honor those who love me.

Thank you for making me laugh. Because of you, my world is full of joy. I live each day with lightness in my heart, taking all pains and frustrations in stride, knowing that you will always be there to put a smile on my face.

Thank you for holding my hand through the storm. Thank you for accepting my imperfections. Thank you for knowing exactly when I need a hug. Thank you for all the great conversations and banters, the adventures and misadventures, and the private moments that we both cherish so much.

Thank you for the music and the poetry.

Thank you for your love. Thank you for being you.

I love you so much, Baby.

Always and forever...


Happy Anniversary
Originally posted by Mark, Feb. 28, 2007, 11:29 pm.

Yan,

I know I haven't been saying this much, but I hope by now you realize how happy and thankful I am to have you in my life. Today, on our 8th year together, I just want to say THANK YOU.

Thank you for all the love, the happiness, the understanding, the support, the laughter, sa pagpangga, and for everything I cherish in this relationship.

You have always been there for me. You're the reason why I'm happy to face every day of our lives. I am so thankful of the fact that we can be alone together for a long time and still enjoy each other's company and how (as you've said before) we never run out of things to talk about (Bons... Genee... Bons... Genee...thank you diay for bringing them in our lives... bisan ug pasanginlan ra ko nila pirme :P ). Thank you for making me smile, Yan.

Our relationship may not be perfect (is there one?), but everybody around us knows how we have grown from boyfriend/girlfriend to lovers and to life partners. You're everything I could ever wish and hope for as a lifetime companion. At least with that, heaven was on my side. :)

8 years.

THANK YOU for sharing your love, Baby. You will always be the greatest gift this life has given me.

I love you.

Happy Anniversary!

- Makoy