Well, I got home on Thursday only to find a big box for me on the kitchen table. And here is what was inside:
I was feeling a little bummed that I didn't have anything more than a dinner to give Dirk. But Hendrik kept me company while I cleaned up the house, and we had just enough time to set up the mixer and use it to make crumb topping for an apple crisp. Dirk got home and we had a lovely family dinner together.
Have you ever had it when someone gives you a gift that is so big and so amazing, and you don't have anything big or amazing to give them in return? The one thing I could give him back was this deep sense of thankfulness and gratitude-- for the mixer, sure, but more than that. For him, for the chance to be married to him and to grow together, for the increasing certainty I have that I am the lucky one here.
Happy Valentine's Day, sweetie! Love you!