Her
birthday today. She is a year older and we do not go all out for most
holidays any more. After a few years and years together, all of the
holiday hoopla gives way to simplicity of being and doing together.
Little gifts always, but nothing in the line of jewelry, clothes or
getting on an airplane to parts unknown. Nothing gets us on airplanes
anymore.
Her
mother always made her a cherry pie for her birthday. I learned that
early on. In fact there are a lot of stories on how she did things.
She refers to her mother often. If you visit here from time to time
you will see that our parents and grandparents still influence our
lives. A heart thing.
So
I take it upon myself to make sure “her” has a homemade cherry
pie on her birthday. A card from the heart and a small gift of some
sort. We both say do not get each other anything now for Christmas,
birthdays, Valentines Day, Easter and so forth. But neither of us can
go those days w/o saying Happy happy. The gift is secondary or
thirdly.
“Her”
is home today. She is gifting herself more down time these
days and today's weather is predicting ice on top of snow. A good
day to make a cherry pie. “Her” helped with special prepping of
canned cherries because mom's pies were more tart than what I put
together. The lacing of top crust was a joint effort. Two sets of
hands helps that process. As I write, we wait for the pie to cool
before we dive in.
“Her”
has a special giggle and facial expression she expresses at things
she really likes. This year's birthday
card was set on a can of Bear Spray. She giggled and laughed. Asked me where I got it. Turned over the attached card
and fully read the instructions. Good present.
Then
I brought up her YAESU FT-1900 Ham Radio. She knew I was getting her
that. In fact she knew I had it and already pre-programed our 35 or
so frequencies a few weeks ago. No big surprise.
She
is studying for her Technician Ham License and I am studying for the
General License. Testing set for April.
Another
Cherry Pie and another year in the books.
