To my Mommy and Daddy on their 39th Anniversary

Daddy, we see you going around town in your trusty old bike.
Mommy, we see your hunched shoulders in the kitchen sink preparing our meals everyday.
And we see you both giving your all to make sure we have what we need.
Today as you celebrate 39 years of marital bliss, we wanted to let you know what it means to be your daughter.
What it means to be enveloped in your love and surrounded by your caring ways.
You are the one (2) true thing that is constant in our lives and we are always and forever grateful for that.
We have never doubted your love.
We have never once doubted the fact that we were the luckiest children in the world by having you as our parents.
Mommy and Daddy, thank you for the sleepless nights you spent taking care of us when we're sick or in trouble,
For the countless hours you spent teaching us not just of our lessons
but of the values we need to be a responsible human being
like keeping our word, living within our limits, the perks of patience, and the importance of the little people and things in our lives.
For the innumerable meals you have prepared to make us healthy,
For supporting our dreams and giving in (sometimes) to our whims,
For working long hours to give us a better future,
For encouraging us when we fail or we lose,
For giving us freedom just enough to do something but not enough to do nothing,
For creating a home where there is no judgment but more love,
For letting us feel that no matter how bad it gets, you will always be there,
For your big arms and equally big heart.
Thank you for praying with us so that we may always be faithful to the One who loves us perfectly.
I know we cannot repay you but we hope we can pay it forward and pass it on to our children your values and your sacrifices.
You have been the example that we hope to be to our children.
To you whose devotion and love are oh so true, we wish you a happy anniversary.
We love you both, equally, unconditionally and forevermore!
Forever indebted to you,
Joan Chris Johan,
Nonet,
Anne Brian Zildjian,
Thea Marie