The Simplest Things

Just because birthdays make me think of candles. Aren't these tapers beautiful?

We're going out of town on Wednesday, which also happens to be the day a special someone in this house turns 30 (hint--it isn't me!). We decided that today would be the best day for a birthday dinner and cake, mostly so we can enjoy the cake for a few days before heading to the airport on Wednesday afternoon! I'm making Ina Garten's short ribs--which will be roasting in the oven all afternoon and tantalizing my piano students during their lessons--a big green salad, and a German Chocolate Cake.

I've been thinking lately about marriage and milestones (whatever they may be) and how wonderful it is to always have someone to celebrate with, someone who thinks you're just the best person in the world, someone who thinks there's no one else like you. Someone who might even enjoy your birthday more than you do, because what's better than showering your spouse with love and feeding them special foods and showing them how lucky you feel to be the one they picked to grow old with?

A simple little thought for your Monday morning, but so often it is the simplest of things that remind me just how lovely it is to be a wife.