The Adventures of KantoRJ and SosyMeng

KantoRJ - Roadside Shakespeare

A Wattpad Exclusive

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My love,

No, you are not dreaming. Yes, you are reading a letter from me, your husband. Written in English because I live for surprising you and watching your eyes as they light up. Okay now stop looking at me and go back to reading this.

We're nearing our seven year mark. Can you believe it? Almost seven years since you made me the happiest man alive by giving this kanto boy the honor of being your better half.

I have no regrets. Save one. I regret not finding you sooner.

Don't get me wrong, my love. Life before you was happy in its simplicity, in its abundance of love and laughter. My parents, what they lacked in riches they more than made up for in kindness and inner strength. We never felt we were lacking. We had food, we had shelter, we had clothes on our backs but most of all, we had hope. Hope that one day, we will have what they have.

Even when Nanay passed away too soon, I never saw Tatay's love for her leave his eyes. To this day, Tatay is all about Nanay. He remembers her even as we, her children slowly forget.

I want that kind of love for us. The kind of love that defies mortality. That reaches through the fog of uncertainties and clings to hope with a resolve that can move mountains. I want that kind of love for our children too.

I digressed, didn't I? See this is why I prefer the simplicity of "kanto speak" over flowery words of English. If I had written this in kanto speak, I would've already melted your heart somewhere around the second sentence. See? I digressed again.

Anyway, do you know why I regret not finding you sooner? No, it has nothing to do with that. Get your mind out of the gutter, my love. It has everything to do with Nanay.

You see, whenever I watch you and our babies as you play or read or sleep, cuddled together like hibernating koalas, I can't help but regret that Nanay isn't around to see just how wonderful of a mother you are. Just how immensely amazing you are as a wife, as a partner, as a lifeline.

Maybe, just maybe, if I had found you sooner, Nanay would've gotten a glimpse of just how unbelievably easy to love you are. Maybe, just maybe, if I had found you sooner, I wouldn't have wasted so much energy into being sad and angry over what I thought was an unfulfilled promise.

However, despite that one regret, I thank the Lord every single day for showing me that promises transcend life and death. I thank Him for pointing me in the right direction - to you, so that even as I continue to mourn for the loss of the most important woman in my life, He has shown me that her love made it possible for me to find you.

He has shown me that it's okay to leave a small piece of sadness in my heart because one can never fully appreciate absolute happiness without experiencing the loss of it.

You are my absolute happiness, my love, my better half, my Meng. You are the hope that keeps me forever working towards being a better version of myself. You are the love that strengthens me everyday. You are my forever, my unwavering ray of sunshine even during the darkest of days.

You are my heart and my soul. And I promise you that my love for you will never leave my eyes even as the world runs out of tomorrows.

I love you, my Sosy Meng.

Yours,

Dayunyor

PS. Pagtapos mo basahin to, singa ka muna tapos pa-kiss ha? Lamyu, Beb.