Got To Believe In Magic

by: Darwin

Mom liked to make breakfast food for dinner every now and then and I remember one night in a particular when she had made a breakfast after a long hard work. She works, as some sort of a medical analyst in a big pharmaceutical company in Makati. Dad is a government lawyer in the City Hall of Manila. On that evening so long ago, my mom placed a plate of eggs, sausage, and extreme burned toast in front of my dad. I remember waiting to see if anyone noticed! Yet all my dad did was reach for his toast, smile at my mom, ask me how my day was at school. I do not remember what I told him that night, but I do remember watching him smear and jelly on that toast and eat every bite! When I got up from that table that evening, I remember hearing my mom apologize to my dad for burning that toast. And I will never forget what he said: Baby I love burned toast. Later that night, I went to kiss Daddy good night and I asked him if really liked his toast burned. He wrapped me in his arms and said, Darwin, your momma put in a hard day at work today and she is real tired. And besides a little burnt toast never hurt anyone! In the bed that night, I thought about that scene at dinner and the kindness my daddy showed my mom. To this day, it is cherished memory from my childhood that I will never forget. And it is one that came to mind just recently when Jong and I sat to eat dinner. I had arrived home late as usual and decided we would have a breakfast food for dinner. Some things never change, I supposed! To my amazement, I found the ingredients I needed, and quickly began to cook eggs, sausage and buttered toast. Thinking I had things under control, I glance through the mail for the day. It was only a few minutes later that I remembered that I had forgotten to take the toast out of the oven. Now, had it been any other day and had we had more than two pieces of bread in the entire house and had we had more than two pieces of bread. So burn toast it was! As I set the plate down in front of Jong, I waited for a comment about the toast. But all I got was a Thank you! I watched as he ate bite by bite, all the time waiting for some comment about the toast. But instead, all Jong said was Mahal, this is great. Thank you for cooking tonight. I know you had a hard day. As I took a bite of a charred toast that night, I thought about my mom and dad how burn toast had not been a deal breaker for them. And I quietly thank God for giving me a union where burn toast was not a deal breaker either! You know, life is full of imperfect things and imperfect people. I am not the best cook or a partner. And you might be surprised to find out that Jong is not that perfect partner either! He likes to play his music too loud, I like soft music, he always finds a way to avoid house work, and he watches far too many sports. Believe it or not "Basketball Academy" is not my idea of a great night at home! But somehow Jong and I have learned to accept the imperfections in each other. Over time, we have learned to celebrate our differences. You might say that we have learned to love each other for who we really are! For example, I like to take my time, I am perfectionist, and I'm even tempered. I tend to work too much. Jong on the other hand, is disciplined, studious, an early riser, and a marketers dream consumers. I count pennies and Jong could care less! Where he is strong, I am weak, and vise versa. And while you might say that Jong and I are opposites, we are also very much a like. I can look at him and tell you what he is thinking. I can predict his actions before he finalizes his plans. On the other hand he knows whether I am troubled or not the moment I enter a room. We share the same goals. We love the same things. And we still best friends. We have had experienced many sad event in our previous relationship we have got separated for several years. But now we have traveled many valleys, and enjoyed many mountaintops. And yet at the same time Jong and I must work every minute of everyday to make this thing called Union work! We have learned that learning to accept each others fault and choosing to celebrate each others differences is the one most of the important keys to creating a healthy, growing, and lasting Union relationship. And that is my prayer for you today. That you will learn to take the good, bad, and the ugly parts of your Union life and lay them at the feet of Jesus. Because in the end, He is the only one who will be able to give you a Union where burn toast is not a deal breaker! Both of our family gave the blessing of our Union. Now we are preparing to move to our new Condo in Makati, We always thank GOD for all the blessings and the protections HE has given us through out the years and many years to come.