Kent and I are celebrating our 24th wedding anniversary today. What a grand accomplishment -- in a world where marriages are short lived and expendable.
And yes, I am patting myself (and Kent's self) on the back.
We are headed out for dinner tonight (I don't know where) I feel so fortunate that I don't have too cook tonight. That could totally be Kent's anniversary gift to me. Sweet.
You know that you know someone when you buy an anniversary gift for him 2 weeks before your anniversary--then not a week ago, (foggy chemo brain---it could have been a couple days ago....) He discovers this item online. And telling by his reaction...he wants it.
Ahhhh. The joy I will get seeing him discover what I have given to him. I will post it tomorrow, with a link on how you, too, could own this special thing-y.
My love language is gift giving -- can you tell?
Tonight, we put into place something we have yearned for--for some time. We are planning a trip. We don't know where, all I know is it has to include something I once dreamed.
When I was starting this journey a new friend Donna said, you need to buy a prezzie. So, I aimed low. Kent, Donna and others said, AIM HIGHER!
So I did.
I was at home, I hadn't yet been diagnosed--they thought I had a malignant melanoma under the skin....much more scary than the lymphoma. I closed my eyes and thought, what would ear-mark this journey. My immediate response was my other love language. Quality time with Kent. I saw a picture. I saw myself under an umbrella, with a broad rimmed hat. I was reading an e-reader. Beyond my feet I could see Kent in the blue ocean water: snorkeling.
That is my prezzie. Kent and I just need to decide when and where. So, the brain storming will start tonight!
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