50th anniversary

If words could describe a feeling as deep and moving as love, there wouldn't be a million songs, films and books trying to explain it to us. But I'm going to give it a try anyway. I've never been in love, so I have no idea what it's like sharing your days with only one person. And I definitely don't know what it's like sharing 50 years of your life with only one person. But I can imagine that, when two people have such a connection as you two have, it mustn't be very hard. Your relationship has always been a model to me. You two are very different people, opposites in some ways, but that's how you complete each other. There's a part of you that the other person needs to fulfil her life, and there comes a moment when you realize you just can't live without it. It's amazing how two people can be so similar, and yet so different, and share every day of their lives. Don't you guys ever run out of what to talk about? Don't you get bored of waking up to the same face every day? Of course you don't, because you know that's the only face you want to see when you wake up. The only smile that makes you smile, and the only voice that still makes you dizzy after all these years. You know you two are meant to be together, and life wouldn't be half as fun if it weren't for that person. You've been together through a lot, but the one thing that has always been there with the both of you, from the first sight and butterflies in your stomach to the moment you said "I do", from the birth of your children to the birth of your grandchildren, was love. It got hold of your hands 50 years ago, and didn't let go. It's the bridge from all the ordinary day-to-day feelings, to the extraordinary. This night is to celebrate the wonderful trip you two have taken together, and all the people you two love are here to toast to this fantastic couple. Cheers!