I Love You Too
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9:09am. A quick stop at Starbucks between drop-off and Physique 57 class. There’s a free table. A sign. I decide to sit, to whip up a quick blog post. Something short and sweet to honor the day. I pull out my laptop and two things come with it.
A book.
A card.
The book: The Lover’s Dictionary, a novel by David Levithan.
The card: Be Mine! scribbled on an old school cassette tape. Inside, words that I won’t share here.
Both are from Husband. He must have slipped them in my bag this morning as we were wrangling the sugar-soaked trio (what? no chocolate covered cheerios and pink donuts in your house this morning?)
I curate a little photo of these items. Add the little green heart that says LOVE BUG that the girls slapped affectionately on my bag before school.
I stand and snap away. Capture a shot. To remember.
And I smile.
Husband and my Girls – I love you too. Happy Candy Day!
How will you celebrate today? Are you more of a chocolate or gummy candy person? What’s your all-time favorite candy? Are you a fan of little surprises or grand gestures?
That was a very sweet surprise! I’m big on little gestures — thoughtful things, not necessarily expensive things, that mean you’re thinking of me.
And I try to do the same for my guy!
We went out for a nice dinner over the weekend, pre-Valentine’s Day, and my boyfriend and I are planning to cook at home tonight, watch one of my favorite movies (“Fever Pitch”) and dig into the red velvet cupcakes I made last night! So looking forward to it.
Happy Valentine’s Day, Aidan!
I am with the little gestures. J gets the coffee ready every night. He rinses out the pitcher thing, pours the water, all that jazz. All I have to do when I wake up is push the button. It is, perhaps, the best thing he could do for me…really. Such a small thing, takes him 2 minutes and 33 seconds, but starts my days off on the right, easy foot.
That, I do believe, is what long-term, the huge haul kind of love is, at the core, all about. Wanting the love of your life to have a good day and doing something to help foster that. You can’t live that day for him/her, but you can help him/her have that day.
I am a chocolate fan but not a big one…a little taste and I’m good to go. All time fave: Three Musketeers, Twix or Kit-Kat. But at the movies, gimme some Twizzlers.