My workday was enhanced when I got a call from the receptionist saying I had a package up front. I was surprised by a beautiful poem and beautiful flowers from M. I received six red roses, one for each year we've been together and orange (my favorite color) gerbera daisies (my favorite flower) and tiger lilies. The poem he wrote is as follows:
You tattooed my soul so that I'll never forget
A beautiful butterfly that I was lucky to have met
You are the most special person, the sweetest treat
You are the one that has shown me
One + One = Complete
After work, he took me out to dinner at Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, where we had a fantastic dinner, including an anniversary dessert. Because he made the reservation under my name on Open Table, he was greeted as Mr. Sterner. I thought that was pretty funny. Before the food arrived, M pulled out an anniversary card from his jacket and gave it to me. And then he magically pulled out a gift bag from Sephora out of nowhere. He told me not to get excited by the bag but when I did open the package it actually was something from Sephora, a $50 gift card! It's no secret to M that I love Sephora!
We got home and the plan was to crack a bottle of wine and listen to music. I went upstairs to change into some comfy clothes and yelled down to M that I had washed all the wine glasses earlier this week. When I got downstairs, we sat on the couch for a little bit before we had wine and when I looked at the wine glasses sitting on the table, I just stared at them because initially, I didn't recognize them and then after staring for a few more seconds, I realized these were new wine glasses and I laughed asking where these came from. Engraved on each glass was "Happy 6th Anniversary" along with a Spanish saying underneath it. One glass said "Muchos Te Amo" which means I love you very much and the other one said "Siempre Te Amare" which means I will always love you. Not only was I surprised that he did this, I loved that he put such loving phrases in Spanish. M knows I love Spanish. I took 4 years of Spanish in high school and 1 year in college and while I am not close to being fluent, I love whenever I can use my skills. After seeing these wine glasses and correctly being able to read the phrases on them, I started to cry, good tears of course.
After we had been sipping for a while, M said he had something else for me. He came back from the kitchen with a bag from Godiva. I've always wanted chocolate covered strawberries and he got me a milk and dark chocolate covered strawberry along with one that had blueberries, raspberries and a blackberry with chocolate.
Again, after sitting and talking for awhile, M said he had something else, something he had actually forgotten about and had purchased before he got the strawberries. I loved it because this girl loves dark chocolate!
Our anniversary celebration was a complete perfect night. I felt like I was in a movie because it was so romantic, so extremely thoughtful and so loving.
Michael, thank you for the wonderful memories of Friday night along with every other moment I've shared with you over the years. I love you incredibly.
