Tuesday, April 18, 2017
The Overdue Year-ender Turned Year-starter Letter
*written on January 11, 2017*
It’s almost 7am here in Koh Yao Yai. My husband is still sleeping soundly inside our room. I decided to stay at the balcony so as not to disturb his peace. Initially, I wanted to stroll alone near the resort’s pier, which is my favorite part of this place. But I’m too lazy to change into decent clothes. So here I am.
It’s almost 7am here in Koh Yao Yai. My husband is still sleeping soundly inside our room. I decided to stay at the balcony so as not to disturb his peace. Initially, I wanted to stroll alone near the resort’s pier, which is my favorite part of this place. But I’m too lazy to change into decent clothes. So here I am.
To say that the final month of 2016 was
crazy is an understatement. We had a wedding, took a short vacation, moved in
to a temporary home, celebrated the holidays with both families and went back
to work right after New Year.
This honeymoon is meant to help us settle
down.
By
the way, we’re in Thailand. We didn’t put much thought into this. We got our
tickets a year ago for 2,000php each (including terminal fee!). Both of us are
beach-lovers, so I thought yeah Phuket is a good choice. Also, it would be our
first time to travel alone so overthinking the destination isn’t necessary.
It’s a first; It’s special. We also
dodged a bullet just a few weeks before the trip. I booked at a resort that was
in Phuket technically but would require another plane ride to get to. Disaster!!
When I found out, it was too late because I already paid in full. My bad, I couldn’t
resist the no cancellation discount. I sent an email to the hotel manager to
explain what happened and, fortunately, he said that they have this other
resort, not in Phuket, but reachable by a short speed boat ride. It’s more
expensive but I’d take it instead of wasting all that money we paid. It turned
out, the island is Koh Yao Yai- perched right in the middle of Phuket and
Krabi. It’s beautiful. It’s really beautiful here. Everywhere we look is like a
painting. The people are warm. The food
is great. And I almost forgot how much I paid for this. Haha!
Going back, this morning, I wanted to write
my year-end entry for 2016. This quiet time is meant for that, but I’m no
longer in the mood. Rather than looking back, I want to look forward. This is the year we start building a life together as each other's family. I’ve been
married for only 26 days. I do not know yet what marriage is, not even by
the coating. But this, I know, is how I hope it would be:
I hope we continue creating our own
“family” traditions, like how we start every meal with a prayer. Even though
we’re just eating toasted pandesal and leftover ham.
Marriage is about bringing the other person
closer to Christ. We are still both discovering exactly what that means but I
thought of it that day when he panicked because he forgot to get us a copy of
Our Daily Bread. We vowed to read it together every day. We fail most days but
we keep on trying.
I hope marriage makes us kinder to each
other. I’m sure I can do more of that but in his case, I can’t imagine if he
can be kinder than how he is to me right now. He patiently teaches me household
chores and just laugh when I don’t get it right the first time. I struggle when making sunny side up egg. Imagine that!
Marriage is partnership. I have this
favorite quote, “Love is if you’re happy and I’m happy, we can share. But if
I’m happy and you’re not happy, you can share nothing.” This marriage thing has
almost made it impossible to have a bad day. When work sucks, all I need is to
hear him share how exciting his day was and suddenly, I’m in a good mood, too. Everything
good becomes better while the not-so-good doesn’t seem that bad anymore.
In my vows, I promised to love him with bravery, joy, and kindness. My prayer is for those three elements to forever be alive in our marriage.
I am beyond thrilled to make a full orbit as a Misis this year.
# posted by Liana : 11:27 PM
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