Re: Wow, talk about unconscious
- From: Anne Carle <acarle@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 06 May 2005 18:43:00 -0400
On Fri, 6 May 2005 13:14:22 -0500, "Maureen Galvin"
<maureen.galvin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>I've been so busy with work, with family issues, financial issues and just
>plain feeling sorry for myself these days that I have been totally oblivious
>to what is happening around me.
>
>I woke up this morning to go to my SIL's graduation - graduated with her MSW
>from the Jane Adam's College of Social Work at UIC - and there were a dozen
>red roses on the counter in the kitchen. I had assumed they were for her
>from my DH. I grab them and we run out of the house to get to the ceremony.
>All the while my DH is looking at me strange. We get the Pavillion and I
>grab the flowers. After the ceremony I give them to my SIL who is just so
>happy and sad at the same time. She had hoped that my MIL would still be
>alive to see the end of this long journey she has been on (she just turned
>49) and has 3 grown kids.
>
>Well, we get home and my DH just starts to chuckle. Turns out that the
>flowers were for me. Today's our 23rd wedding anniversary!! and I
>completely forgot!! Geez, I'm such an ass.
>
>Maureen
>
Ahhhh...you're not an ass, Maureen--you're a sweet spirit who thought
of someone else's needs and accomplishments, and I'd bet the farm that
your husband loves you all the more for the "mis-directed" roses! <G>
Anne/OH
.
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