Brandon’s day was filled with classes, science lab, and more with little time left for last-minute Valentines. However, he pulled some creativity out of his pocket – quite literally – and made a special card just for his mom. In fourteen languages ranging from Italian to Japanese to English he wrote “I love you!”
He then attached to the card a melted Hershey’s kiss he had been carrying in his pocket since lunch. His friend from lab suggested he add, “My love for you is as wide as this kiss.” Brandon thought better of that line. However, we all agreed that Mike’s idea could not be topped: “Your love melts my heart!”
Nicholas composed original poems. To Mike, he wrote:
Army officers are cool,
And police officers I like, too.
But the best of all officers
Are ones like you!
And for me, he attached a Krispy Kreme coupon to a card and penned the following rhyme:
Zachary, feeling a bit under the weather on Valentine’s Day, had little energy to craft a card or write a poem. However, he proudly brought out his five homemade snow globes and graciously let me choose one as my gift.
As for Mike and me? We gave each of the boys his own extra-large bag of M&Ms and agreed to forgo gifts to each other this year since we have tickets to see the local Broadway performance of The Addams Family in a few weeks.
Nevertheless, I took a Valentine balloon to Mike’s office and later gave him some candy. On the ride to the office, Nicholas insisted that no matter what had been decided beforehand, his daddy would always have a gift for me on Valentine’s Day. And Nicholas was right! Mike surprised me with some of my favorite chocolate candy.
More special and memorable than the gift, though, is the fact that Mike’s love and generosity toward his bride is evident - even predictable! - to our sons and is setting an example of pure sweetness for them to follow!
“How sweet are your words to my taste, sweeter than honey to my mouth." Psalm 119:103
2 comments:
Yes, that was fun. Thanks again for the M&Ms. Great blog.
You are one blessed woman to have such loving men in your life! I enjoyed the roses are red poem very much!
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