Great Minds Think Alike

The Colonel and I celebrated our 32nd anniversary in October. We've never made a huge deal out of our anniversaries. There were many years that The Colonel was deployed and was not home on the day of our anniversary. Sometimes we would celebrate it on a day before The Colonel left or some day after he returned home.

That being said, now that The Colonel is retired and does not deploy, we could go "all out" and  make the day of our anniversary very special (a dozen roses, jewelry, expensive dinner out) but we still don't.

We believe that every day we have together is special. Now on our anniversary day, we usually exchange cards and go out for lunch (rarely dinner...the older we get, the more we stick to home during the evening hours).

This year we exchanged our cards during breakfast while sitting on the couch and watching recorded home improvement shows.

We both laughed when we opened our cards. This year we had given one another cards with a star theme. We have given each other the same card in the past.

The Colonel's card to me...

My card to The Colonel...

It's little coincidences like this that make The Colonel and I know we were made for one another and that every day we have together is a special day, no matter the date.