Happy 40th Wedding Anniversary To My Loving Parents

Papa and Mama with their apos (grandchildren)

Last April 24, my parents, Mauricio and Virginia Mendoza, celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary!

I honor them for their love and commitment to each other and to our family. Sure, they had more than their fair share of trials and problems during their four decade old union. I'll not be surprised if they'll still have some more of their old fights, for the same old reasons they've had in the past. Because at the end of the day, I'm also sure they would still remember they were meant for each other.

You don't often hear much of these long enduring marriages anymore. Marriage as a sacred institution has been misused, abused and altered to suit the "modern" world. Some people simply go in and out of marriages as often as they would change clothes.

That's why it's so important to uphold the traditional family - as an institution founded by Christ Himself and to promote the values that make Christian families - a nation's pillar of strength and the core of God's army on earth.

To my parents, may your love for each other continue to be strong. May God continue to bless your relationship and may He ever be the center of your conjugal lives!