It’s not because my husband forgot to buy me a card and his
usual flowers. He did forget, but he’d had a long day and when he told me I actually
laughed. I laughed because I bought him a card and I NEVER do! And then I forgot to give him the card, we both
laughed.
It’s not because we got married on April Fool’s Day and he played
a mean trick on me. Or vice versa.
And it’s not because he fell asleep in his chair by 9:00 pm.
It’s simply because our children had left us flowers that morning
of our anniversary and two homemade cards.
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| This one made me laugh |
The second card made me laugh too.
“It takes a lot of strength to keep a marriage alive this
long. Don’t worry, you make it look easy.”
Any married person knows it is
not easy. We realized a couple years ago that all our friends were not going to
stay married, and it made us start to appreciate each other more.
I told our children how much I appreciated their
thoughtfulness all day, which included a romantic “breakfast” dinner for two.
I wanted to shout from the roof top that it meant more to me than they could ever know, how happy I am that they are being raised with both their parents and to cherish every moment.
Then it hit me, this girl from a “broken home” whose parents divorced when she was very young, was already is teaching them that.
And that is why I couldn’t stop crying.
