Till death do us part

A classic wedding vow goes as follows:
"I, (Name),

Take you, (Name),

To be my (wife/husband);

To have and to hold,

From this day forward,

For better, for worse,

For richer, for poorer,

In sickness and in health,

To love and to cherish,

'Till death do us part."

Sometimes I wonder… how many couples are able to stick to what they had promised each other on the day they married? How many are able to show unwavering love and support for each other in the face of sickness and old age and the many obstacles that is such a part of life’s journey?

I think on the day she came home with me some 17 years ago, I had made the following vow, knowing or unknowingly:
"I, your jie-jie,

Take you, Benjipet Dominica,

To be my most precious little pet and my beloved family member;

To have and to hold,

From this day forward,

For better, for worse,

For richer, for poorer,

In sickness and in health,

To love and to cherish,

'Till death do us part."

I like to think I have kept to the vow.

Domin's jie-jie