The "A Gift from the Heart" Story

It was an ordinary day. Recently I posted a story about my wedding anniversary; 44 years to the same woman. And ..... we had agreed not to buy presents for each other, since we had just come back from a Caribbean vacation and were heading to the Jersey shore for a week long vacation with the entire family. Well, on our anniversary, Carol hands me a card and a GIFT. "I know we said no presents, but I just had to get you these," she said. "Besides," she continued, "you probably already know about these, since I had to charge it." She figured I saw the post on the credit card website. But, I hadn't! Was really surprised when I opened ...... 3 - 7 oz. bags of personalized M&Ms. She ordered them from the M&M website. She sent a photo of the two of us to them and they produced chocolate M&Ms with our photos on them. Four different varieties in water-based ink that I assume was OK to eat. One featured me, one featured her, one said "June 17", and one said "44 Years". And, they were in aqua, pink, and white, the same colors as the bridesmaids dresses in our wedding. Really neat gift! She said, "I know that one bag would have been enough, but you had to buy three bags." And, each bag cost $9.99. Still not too bad for a nice gift. But, shipping and handling added $20 on to the bill. Seems they had to ship them overnight so they wouldn't melt in a hot delivery truck. Well, they're all gone now, but did take a few photos before I ate them all. Check 'em out and see if you don't agree that they were "A gift from the heart." It was another extraordinary day in the life of an ordinary guy.