Sheer Miracle

He’s a veritable promdi (provincial kid) with vivid childhood memories of cavorting in the river and being circumcised under a tree. She’s a bona fide city mouse with memories of traveling the world with her cosmopolitan mother.
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He’s a history enthusiast who knows every battle line in every theater of WW2. She’s a former history teacher (and Dept Head) who can barely tell the difference between Jose Rizal and Napoleon.
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He is an introvert academic who graduated top of his classes and got into the best schools. She is an extrovert non-academic with 100% attendance at all parties.
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He is an affectionate softie who believes in the power of ALWAYS holding hands. She expresses warmth through text.
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He leaves most everything to fate and trusts in life’s unfolding. She has a will so powerful that it submits life itself into compliance.
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He is a dreamer with his head sometimes caught in the clouds. She is a realist with a gaze fixed on the ground for any dog poop or for any treasure.
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He is very big picture. She is details, logistics, the machine that keeps the family alive and fed.
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He is going stir-crazy in quarantine. She is absolutely thriving.
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The secret to this marriage of opposites — as we, their kids and witnesses, conclude over and over — is 5% love and hard work, and 95% sheer miracle.
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Happy 49th, parentals! We pray for endless love and magic!