The Anniversary
'' The most difficult thing - but essential one - is to love LIFE, to love it even while one suffers because LIFE is all. LIFE is GOD. " ( Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace.)
In Memoriam- Birthday of " beloved wife, nee Evangeline Rueles Caermare: March 03, 1940 - Born to eternal Life - Nov. 29, 2015.
Love has its beauty and splendor
Delicately woven with joy
Her absence no one can ignore
And even Time cannot destroy.
Yes, joy for all the luck of Life
That she is with me forever
And no tears nor sorrow can wipe
Away love's undying ember.
Joy is deeply planted in my heart
So nourished by the memories
That was built from the very start
And was beyond our reveries.
And the fires of faith keep on burning
That we shall meet again someday
Because our Love is always yearning
For a lovely Anniversary.
(N.B.) The marital vow was on May 29, 1973, at St. Mary's Chapel, Dipolog City, Philippines, solemnized by Bishop Felix S. Zafra, with Msgr. Salvador Mora. Indeed, it was An Affair to Remember and beyond oblivion in the Journey of Life. Until then...