Sometimes, a card really is a gift

Sometimes our life partners make us want to scream and pull our/their hair out. Sometimes, they are so wonderful. Let me share an example of the later.

Sang and I celebrate our anniversary of "dating" on Canada Day, i.e. July 1st. This year marked our sixth, and in a way, also our last - we will be celebrating a different kind of anniversary after this one.

I did not forget the date - this is partly why we picked Canada Day (it's hard to pin-point exactly when we made the transition from "friends" to "more than friends") - so that it was easy to remember. It's just that I was really busy and did not have time to give it much thought. The wedding social was at the end of June, and the wedding proper is coming up, not to mention all the other stuff that goes on in my life.

Well, Saturday I picked Sang up and wished him a happy anniversary, and he gave me a card.

"Oh, don't", I said. "You're making me feel guilty that I didn't get you one".

"But you did", he replied. "You snuck it into my bag, you just forgot to write on it."

The little sweetheart bought me a card - and one from me, for him, too. I signed it and gave it back to him. The card was super appropriate too - it would have been a great card for me to have bought. It said something along the lines of:

I know I've been super busy lately. I wish I had just five extra minutes each day....

So that I could make out like crazy with you for five extra minutes, each day!