“Not sure if you know this
But when we first met
I got so nervous I couldn't speak
In that very moment
I found the one and
My life had found its missing piece”
Tahimik akong naka dungaw sa pintuan ng simbahan habang dinadama at pinapakinggan ang bawat linya ng kanta. Ako’y nakatingin mula dito sa harap ng altar at pinagmamasdan ka sa pagpasok mo.
Napangiti ako dahil sawakas natupad na ang mga pangarap natin. Inaalala ko lahat ng mga pagsubok na pinagdaan natin na pareho natin itong nilabanan at nalampasan. Sa mga masasaya at malulungot na araw na tayo ay magkasama.
Walang araw na hindi ako nagsawang samahan at mahalin ka, at alam ko ganon ka rin.
Nakangiti akong tumabi sayo ng makarating ka sa harap ng altar. Niyakap ang mga magulang mo na kapwa naka ngiti ngunit kapwa ring umiiyak. Sabay tayong nagpunta sa pinaka harap kung saan nag-aantay si Father. Lumingon ako sayo at ngumiti.
Mahal, nandito na tayo kung saan maguumpisa ang panibangong kwento ng buhay natin.
“We are gathered here today to celebrate one of life’s greatest moments, and to cherish the words which shall unite Denise and Prius in marriage”. -Priest
“So as long as I live I love you
Will have and hold you
You look so beautiful in white
And from now 'til my very last breath
This day I'll cherish
You look so beautiful in white
Tonight”
Humarap ako sayo at pinagmasdan ang napakaganda at mapayapa mong mukha, at aking kinakabisado ang bawat parte nito. Dahil sa mga sandaling ito ay kaunting oras nalang ang natitirang nakatala para saating dalawa. Habang sinasabi iyon ni Father ay unti-unti nanaman akong balutin ng kalungkutan at sakit na kanina ko pa itinatago. Dahil sabi nga ni Father ay “one’s of life’s greatest moments” natin ito at ayaw ko itong sirain.
“Prius, will thou take Denise, here present, for thy lawful wife, according to the rite of our Holy Mother the Church?” –Priest
“I will”. Ngumiti ako ng mapait habang pinpigilan ang mga luha na nagbabadyang kumawala.
“Denise, will thou take Prius, here present, for thy lawful husband, according to the rite of our Holy Mother the Church?” –Priest
“She will”. I firmly said.
“Please open the coffin, Prius held her hand and say your pledge to her.” –Priest
“So as long as I live I love you
Will have and hold you
You look so beautiful in white
And from now 'til my very last breath
This day I'll cherish
You look so beautiful in white
Tonight”
Dahan-dahang binuksan ang kabaong mo. Rinig na rinig ko ang mga iyakan sa paligid ko ngunit hindi ko iyon pinansin at pinagmasdan lang kita ng maigi. Parang nung araw lang na nakilala kita. Kung paano ko pagmasdan at pinagaralan ang bawat parte ng maamo mong mukha. I tightly hold your cold hand at huminga ng malamim.
”Denise, when I first met you I promise to myself to love you without condition. When God answered my prayer for a mate with you, I vowed to him that I would love you. I will be love to you. I will fail as a person, but I will love you perfectly, unconditionally, and eternally. I vow to put you before myself, to lift you up in prayer, to go wherever you may go. And I’d choose you, in a hundred of lifetimes, in a
Hundred worlds, in any version of reality, I’d fine you and I’d choose you. I love you Denise”. Matapos kong sabihin yun ay ramdam ko ang unti-unting pagtulo ng mga luha sa mga mata ko.
