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| TOPS ON MY LIST Submitted by: Judy Palkovic
Romance
is a way of life for my (now) husband and I. As some find the idea of
elaborate displays of affection a waste of time and childish, to us,
it's a way of showing each other that no matter what is going on in
our world, we will make time to show our gratitude and appreciation of
each other known in this lifetime. It should come as no surprise that
Valentine's Day is yet another occasion for us to demonstrate this
affection to one another.
One
particular year, searching through chain greeting card stores, I could
not find one Valentine that could sum up all that my then fiancé, Tom
meant to me. I wanted to take bits and pieces from each of the cards
to make the "perfect" Valentine statement for him since
writing poetry is not my specialty. Instead, I purchased 10 of
the cards I felt were most meaningful and relevant to our relationship
and also bought a package of number stickers from the craft store. On
my home computer, I used clear address labels and printed in a script
font a different reason for why I love Tom as much as I do. I numbered
the front of each envelope with a coordinating number sticker from 1 -
10 and put the "reason I love you" label under the number. I
tried to correspond each reason to the card inside. I then took the
ten cards and hid them in places throughout the day - in numerical
order - in obvious places he could find them (the bathroom mirror, the
seat of the car, his pillow, etc...) Not only did he love reading the
countdown to why I love him, but he enjoyed the surprise of finding
each one all day long and reading the card and message from me within.
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