Five year today - our 10 year friends-relationship finally ended. The new stage as boyfriend-and-girlfriend was just as exciting and challenging as the new chapter as husband-and-wife. Both were important milestones in our relationship.

I can boldly declare that I love my husband a lot - and I know, very well, that the reverse is true too. There is no other man I would rather married to. It's such a great feeling to be so SURE of a decision.

Some find it shocking and silly that we actually celebrate our dating anniversary... but not to us. It was important that we refresh our memories of the past, to remind us how difficult it was for two people to walk one step closer, and most importantly, how much we admire and attracted to each other that we wanted to be together so badly... all these things are what's needed to keep a love-firing going.

We just went out for dinner, nothing very fancy but it's the thought that counts - the thought that we actually go out and do something different. He suprised me big time by getting me a tailor-made bouquet that mimicks the one that I carried on our wedding day! He knows there is a special spot in my heart for these 11 big-red roses.