Hubby and I will be celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary today. Five years of marriage, our little memorable milestone I would put it.

Five years, well, nine in all if we count from the time we said our first hello - it seems that it flew by very fast but in truth, our five short years together was/is a work in progress.

We’ve had moments when I’m ready to give up (I say, “I” because M never really thought about the possibility of leaving; I was always the out-here-in-a second impatient person) but looked back, thought hard and ready to take a chance again. Our daughter deserves a whole family so we have agreed to set aside our pride and (sometimes) resentment towards each other and be better persons, for each other and most especially to our daughter. I’m a bit proud to say that we’ve matured and the home front is not much of a war zone now.

So instead of saying congratulations to one another for making it five years, I congratulate all couples who have survived many years of marriage bliss. People who eventually found the secret to keep their hands off their spouse’s neck! 

Tonight, my husband is taking me out to dinner. Just the two of us, no kid - get this, a first in 21 months! We will be celebrating our 5th wedding anniversary on the 14th but since it’s work day, we opted to celebrate it a little early, today because tomorrow is weekend for us here in the UAE.

Today is a busy day but I look forward to spending time with him alone, even if it’s just dining out for a couple of hours because sometimes, it would be nice to have a proper conversation without someone smearing sauce on my shirt/her own shirt or asking to be taken to the toilet in the middle of our meal (she does this like, all the time)!

May your new year be a blessed one. Wish all of you happiness and love on 2008.