Dear Appa and Amma,

It's your 48th anniversary of your marriage.  You are married for 17,520 days or 420,480 hours or 25,228,800 minutes which is over 1,513 million seconds!  You had witnessed 12 leap years together.

God!  I am loving this statistics,  I feel like taking off from work and get more data.

Did you know you were married on a Friday the 12th? Thank God not a day later.

Do you know,  September 12th is Day of Conception in Russia and the government give couples time off from work to procreate and produce the next generation?  The couple who have a child on June 12th are handsomely rewarded.

Did you have the time to notice the happenings in India during 1969?

Indian national congress split into two factions. One led by Indira Gandhi and another led by Morarji Desai.
Rajdhani Express was introduced in 1969.
14 banks nationalised by Indira Gandhi.
India was close to insolvency in 1969
ISRO was set up in 1969.

Do you know?

By now you have shared about 38,200 meals together which equates to approximately 2 years, 6 months of continuous eating!

I am wondering on how many hours you had spent quarreling.. Or maintain silence? The quarrels or should I call it as tiff were for silliest matters like; appa,  you wanting to cook and Amma refusing to pass on the laddle to you,  claiming you mess the kitchen or use more spices than required or add more salt and it is not good for health....  et al.

You gave us all awesome Diwalis, Pongals, Krishna jayanthis..  The memories you gave us during the festivities will last a life time may be extend for another lifetime or two.

You made our lives beautiful...  When I think about our childhood days,  it's always basked with golden sun shine..  Not once we had been threatened with gloom or stormy days.  As a parent,  I would love my son to feel or experience the same things.

We wish you,  Amma and appa, many more years of wedded bliss and silly tiffs. But,  even those tiffs are full of life and love for us, we secretly smile and enjoy.

Happy wedding anniversary Appa and Amma.

Lots of love from,

Srimathi, Kannan
Srikanth,  Sejal
Aareev and Ani