Our Silver Anniversay

"Life's a dance, that's how we met and today we continue to dance."

Don't ever leave the one you love for the one you like
Because the one you like will leave you for the one they love
Tonight your true love will realize
How much they love between 1 and 4 in the morning
Tomorrow the shock of your life will occur
Remember, you have only one life to live
So live it with the one you love

Mi chica sent me this some time ago and have embraced it's meaning as my mantra. We live in a time where commitment and loyalty are not at the top of the list. We live in an age where things are disposable, and so is marriage.

What ever happened to "Until Death Do Us Part"? It certainly was the way of our ancestors, but now it seems that "Until Death Do Us Part... or until I get fed up with you" is the new vow. Mi chica and I are trying to prove that staying together and having a happy life together is not bad, or antiquated and I'm sure we will succeed.

I was going through my CD collection and a song by Clint Black and Lisa Hartman started playing and it reminded me of the vow I made 25 years ago, the lyrics are as follows:

These times are troubled, and these times are good
And they're always going to be, they rise and they fall.
We take them all the way that we should.
Together you and me, forsaking them all.
Deep in the night and by the light of day.
It always looks the same, true love always does.
Here by your side, or a million miles away.
Nothing's ever gonna change the way I feel,
The way it is, is the way that it was.

When I said I do, I meant that I will, 'til the end of all time.
Be faithful and true, devoted to you. That's what I had in mind.
When I said I do.

This old world keeps changin'
And the world stays the same. For all who came before,
And it goes hand in hand.
Only you and I can undo all that we became,
That makes us so much more, (so much more),
Than a woman and a man.
And after everything that comes and goes around.
Has only passed us by, here alone in our dreams.
I know there's a lonely heart in every lost and found.
But forever you and I will be the ones,
Who found out what forever means.

When I said I do, I meant that I will, 'til the end of all time.
Be faithful and true, devoted to you.
That's what I had in mind. When I said I do.

Truer than true
You know that I will always be there for you
That's what I had in mind.
That's what I had in mind.
When I said, I do.

Yes my friends today (October 24, 2006) mark our 25th Wedding Anniversary. It has been 25 years of ups and downs just like a roller coaster ride, and like a roller coaster it requires for the adrenaline to flow fast and hard so as to keep the excitement in our lives fresh and alive.

No body is perfect and neither are we, but in our little world we continue to strive for perfection and though we know we may never reach it, it sure as hell is fun trying to achieve it. I am fortunate to have found such a fabulous person that has willingly put up with me and my never ending BS for this long, and I hope she knows that I don't take her for granted either. I just hope that she has no doubt in her mind that my love for her is true.

So today we celebrate and you are all invited to be a part of our celebration. And may God grant us the joy of keeping us together for many years to come. I am certain now that "One life, one love" is what the future holds for us.

Mi Chica, I love you very much.

Yours forever

Jose