Happy Birthday To You!

The presents were piling up in the corner!  It was a little like Christmas, because I was madly in love and wanted to give him the most fun birthday ever!  “I don’t need presents, Erica – I don’t even care about them!”  Mike was a "macho man" (ha!ha) and wanted to be above the silliness!!  Of course, I paid no attention because every time I was in a department store, I saw something else I thought he would need or like.  By the time the evening before his birthday arrived, there must have been 12 – 15 presents in the corner of the bedroom – all wrapped and pretty.  When he told me once again that they were absolutely unnecessary, I responded that it was okay – if he really did not want them, I would simply unwrap them the next day and return everything!  Well, around 4:30 a. m. on the 26^th of May that year, I awoke to a grown man, ripping open packages like a 6 year old.  Upon asking what he was doing, he replied “Birthdays a so great – you get presents and everything!”  So much for being blasé about presents!  So, love of my life, Happy Birthday wherever you are.  I miss you and love you forever.  Erica