It's a happy moment when I see older couples still holding hands and you can see how close they are. I hope the same commitment for all who are getting married or are married.

So it's not just your wishful thinking. What I have, I wish for other people (married for a decade now and going). It's devastating to see a family broken up just because they can't hold it together. If they have children, the children suffer the worst.

Your mom and dad are blessed to be together that long. Seeing them probably have profound impact on you.

When couples see marriage as commitment to their Creator (for the vows they uttered and agreed to), it might drop that divorce rate.

Divorce is still not legal in th Philippines where I came from. Annulment is even harder to approve so couples just don't get married or separate without papers.