The Greatest Love Affair

I posted this on my Facebook account as a gift to Trish on our 20th anniversary, last November 25, 2010 & because this is for a very special event in my life, I want this to be the very first post for my brand new blog: The Jukebox Chronicle. Enjoy!

Open Letter to my 3sh on our 20th

(wala akong itatag kaya mamatay na ang mangaalaska...hehehe)

Sweetie,

We discovered this song a long, long, long time ago when we heard Martin Nievera sing it on Penthouse pa ata with his dad. Remember, I tried to get a copy of it when we learned it was Jeffrey Osborne who sang it? Then since the internet hasn't been invented yet at the time, I tried as hard as hell to get the lyrics, writing them down while making sense of it by playing & rewinding the cassette tape until it almost broke. When we finally realized what it meant, we wanted to make it "our song" in a heartbeat. But I was hesitant because I was terrified of jinxing the relationship, as the words of the song seemed to be strictly for those OLD couples who have gone through hell & back. You, on the other hand, have always been sure of our relationship & how we would always stay together, forever. I never agreed to make it our theme song, as corny as that may have sounded just now, because I really never felt confident that we deserved to have it.

However.....

I guess I never trusted myself that much to actually stay in a relationship for 10 years, let alone 20.

But here I am, & here you are...still with me. Through all my tantrums, my craziness, my egocentricity & most especially my "Shane"isms...you've stood by me & never left my side (well, ok, maybe for some short periods at a time, but I guess you really can't expect to overpower my charms for too long ;P). I know we have been through a heck of a lot over the years & I would be the first to say that it hasn't been easy. Truthfully, YOU made it easier. I can never imagine living my life without you, nor do I ever plan to. We're a package deal, remember? ;P

I think that's also another reason why I keep asking you form time to time kung maghihiwalay pa tyo. You always answer with "Aynako B, hindi na. Sorry, but you have no choice. You're stuck with me."

So eto na, I'm writing you a letter, something I haven't done in a very, very, very long time...

A "21st century style" letter na nasa FB, kung san kitang-kita ng buong mundo, na punong-puno ng mga taong pwedeng-pwede akong asarin at alaskahin hanggang mamatay sila :))...

Only to immortalize your words. Mapapahiya ka na pag hiniwalayan mo pa ako nito. :))

But seriously, contrary to what you always say, ikaw na ang napasubo.

This is me telling you: we will never part. You are my life, you are my world. Losing you will be the death of me.

Ayan, bago pa ako maiyak...ito na.

We turn 20 years today, Babe.
It's time.
I know this is our song...it's been OUR SONG all along.

We've seen the brokenhearted

New loves started and then fade away

Where love ran out of energy

Somewhere along the way

Oh but lady, the lessons we have learned

Have helped us make it

The mountains we have climbed

Are far behind

It's been a life long love song

With every lyric saying that

We're still number one

And now composed, our love has grown

And we have turned a prayer into

The greatest love affair of them all

And now we both should cherish

The treasures at the rainbow's end

The game is finally over

I knew that we would win

Oh and lady, the lessons we have learned

Have helped us make it

The mountains we have climbed

Are far behind

From now on it will be easy

So easy for you and I

We've found the purpose and the reason

The need lives on inside

Happy Anniversary, Sweetie!
I love you biggest.
Forever Yours,
B