5 + 7 = 2 + 1 = Happy Anniversary, Mouse

This very funny Math equation means :

5 yrs marriage
+
7 yrs dating
=
2 of us
+
1 mini output of lil' Kaylene
=
12 yrs of AWESOME & FUN adventure

This day 5 years ago, that Mouse and this TwoFish abandoned the sweet 7 years of paktorlogy and stepped into the World of Wedded.

5 years later, we look back into our 12 years of lives together and still wondered, "Has it been 12 years already?". We never feel the time in the whole decade plus since we met. Not in our 3rd year or 5th year. Not even when we reached 8th and 10th year together.

From Day 1, we never celebrated our anniversaries. It's just something we don't do. We don't do Valentine's Day too. So there is no fancy dinner nor anniversary gift nor flowers today.

But I got the biggest gift of all this afternoon.

Mouse played Pachebel and we shared a short and sweet moment waltzing to our music. Just us. In our moment. The same us since 1999. The us that overcame long distance when I studied in Australia. The us that never ask but only give in this relationship. The same us that lived, laughed, cried, played for 12 years.

This is my anniversary gift. And I want nothing more.

Thanks for giving me that waltz, lou kung. Happy Anniversary to us!

Love ya. Forever and ever. Ever and ever.