Awww...

Mom and Dad went to a wedding last night. The parting gift that they received was a personalized CD of the newly-weds' favourite songs, with a picture of them on the inside cover. What I liked about it (besides the pretty flower design on the CD itself) was that picture of the happy couple. It wasn't the usual posed wedding shot of the two all decked out, nor was it them posed nicely smiling at the camera. It was a candid shot--obviously setup in a studio of some sort but still candid--of the groom giving his bride-to-be a piggy-back ride. All they picture really shows is theirs faces close together; he's looking back and smiling at her, while she's laughing and enjoying the backwards embrace. That's what love really should be: fun, happy, sometimes backwards, but never posed. It should also be forever faithful, just as they had chosen to name their CD compilation. As I was admiring the CD cover, my Mom told me their story as she had learned it that night:

Best friends since grade one, they grew up together in the Philippines over all those years. Some many years ago, his family got up moved to Canada, all the way on the opposite end of the world from her. They didn't see each other for years, and their lives seemingly suffered because of it. But they never forgot each other and after working so hard for so long, he saved up all the money he could and one day went back for her. Since then she moved to Canada to be with him and their lives returned to the happy state they once knew so long ago. They were indeed forever faithful.

Now if that doesn't bring a tear to your eye, what does? I one day dream (yes, this is going to be corny) that I will find the person that I can truly claim to complete me, just like they have.