Thank you, Life: My Favorite Things
April 26, 2012 in Life: My Favorite Things, Marriage Tales
Do you have things that, when you see them or use them, they just make you smile? Something that makes you feel rich even though it may not have actually cost much? Something that makes you feel like you’re lucky to have?
Not me.
Oh, I’m kidding…of course I do.
I want to share them with you. Starting now. In a little segment I’m going to call Thank you, Life: My Favorite Things. I’ve wanted to do this for a long time but I kept forgetting…I’m going to blame it on the baby (she’s too young to defend herself).
Let me present to you Favorite Thing Numero Uno:
My husband bought me this cup. He picked it up at a resale store somewhere on his way back from an out of town job and added it to the gift basket he made for me for my first Mother’s Day ever. He also purchased for me a beautiful journey pendant and necklace…but I love this more. I know it’s hokey, but I just love it.
We had gotten into a huge fight the night before Mother’s Day and I don’t follow the saying “Don’t go to bed angry”. I was still angry when I woke up and came into the kitchen, foggy-eyed, and saw the gift basket on the kitchen table. Part of me wanted to pull the cup out of the basket and whack it upside his head but I thought better of it. I sat and stared at the basket and tried to appreciate everything in it. It wasn’t until we got our disagreement out of the way that I could really get excited about the gift basket and it’s contents. It was perfect, that cup. And I still love it.
So glad you got a gift basket – I only got a card, and it was from my husband. Fingers crossed he remembers to get a card from my daughter this year. And, if all the planets align, he’ll get the hint when I order flowers for my mom and his mom that maybe he should get me flowers too. Ha!
I’ve been thinking of doing a regular post about something I’m thankful for, too. I’ve noticed lots of bloggers do it, and I think it really makes you stop and think how lucky you are once a week (or how ever often you choose to do the post). As I’m forever getting caught up in what’s going on around here, I think it would be a great way to make me step back and appreciate life more clearly once in a while!
Oh Sister, don’t think I’m the luckiest girl on the block just yet…the holiday that I was gifted this cup was one of only a few that I got diddly squat – it just so happened to be my first Mother’s Day. (Usually the pressure I put on the guy in the weeks leading up to the big day gets me nothing but out of breath and tired – and eventually pissed off.) I’m sure it’s mostly for this reason I love this cheap cup so much. (I really wish every man had to take a class in Romance. I used to tell him, “Romance – Google it” but one day he responded by saying that when he did, all he got was an invitation to several XXX sites. Damn.)
You should. I just kept noticing that there were things that when I came to them, I’d kind of smile inside. I thought it would be fun to share the stupid little things that give me a shot of “maybe life’s not so bad – I’ve got this _____”. I’d love to see what you come up with!
Ha, I didn’t even get a card although I did drop enough hints that I would like something to remember my very first Mother’s Day. But I did get breakfast. Not like you see in the movies, but it was still a nice gesture.
Sadly, the rest of the day I had to clean because his parents were coming to visit. Oh well.
I love the story behind the cup. I can totallyvsee why it is so special to you. Sometimes it’s the simple things that make us happy and mean the most.
I’ve gotten breakfast in bed a couple of times. I agree, it’s a nice gesture (even though I NEVER eat breakfast just after waking up…but I look past that as I coax the lovingly prepared dry toast down my throat…it’s the thought-it’s the thought-it’s the throught-).