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THE 12 DAYS OF COFFEE
Submitted by: Dena
My husband has been deployed three times since 9/11. First to
Afghanistan for 8 1/2 months, then to Iraq for 6 months, and then to
Iraq again for 8
months which is where he is now. I am excited to say that he is
returning this week :) Yipee!!!
It has always been difficult to find time to do special things for each
other while we are apart, but absence does make the heart grow fonder.
Before Christmas last year, he commented that the coffee at his base in
Iraq was HORRIBLE. So, I found a very cool online coffee shop that
sells coffee by the half pound and has a million different flavors to
choose from.
I took hours to choose the perfect combinations of coffees and
decided to do "The Twelve Days of Christmas" for him. Once I received
all the coffees, I carefully wrapped each one individually, wrote a
little card to go with each and designated which day he could open
them.
Each card contained a clue to what kind of coffee was inside, and
each coffee "name" pertained to something that was about us. For
example, one coffee was named "Pina Colada" and I wrote, "I can't wait
to take you on our honeymoon so that you can savor the flavor of one of
these while laying on the beach next to me!!"
I received a phone call from him on Christmas Day, and he kept thanking
me for putting so much thought into each gift. He said that he felt so
close to me even though we were so far apart. Each night, he and his
roommates would try to figure out what flavor was in each package, and
then they all would enjoy AWESOME coffee together while trying to keep
the Christmas Spirit alive.
After 7 1/2 years of marriage, and many months and years apart, we are
finally going on a honeymoon to Hawaii, and I am proud to be paying for
it with my earning from a home-based business that I have been doing for
almost two years. The military life is challenging, but with a little
creativity and thought, romance can stay alive even when you are
thousands of miles apart.
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