Real Life Stories - March 2016

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I recently returned from the last trip, which I made in secret to surprise her for her birthday - a first. A friend of hers borrowed her keys on an excuse, letting me in while she was working. I left a dozen roses on her bed and a letter by the door, telling her how much I loved her, worshipped her and was convinced I was the luckiest man alive, and ended by telling her that her birthday present was waiting in her room upstairs. I hid in the closet and awaited her arrival. When she came upstairs, I waited just long enough for her to think that the surprise was the roses, then said, coming out of the closet, "one more present" and took her in my arms. It was a beautiful moment we will both remember for a long time.