One thing I did on an anniversary of mine, was I tried to devote the entire day to her.
First, I went to a restaurant early in the morning (while she was still asleep) and got her one of her favorite breakfasts, then stopped at a grocery store that also has fresh flowers, and purchased her a single, long-stemmed rose. Then, I got a copy of the daily newspaper and headed back home, before she woke up.
I “nuked” the breakfast to make it freshly hot, then put the entire meal on a breakfast-in-bed tray, along with the rose and the newspaper, then walked quietly down the hallway into our bedroom and gently said, “Surprise, Babydoll!”
There was a note on her pillow that read, “I got called into surgery about 10 minutes ago. See you at noon. Where were you?”
August 22, 2008, 1:40 PM EDT