Dear Reader Column 12-18-08

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Dear Reader,

I'm one lucky woman. Today my husband and I are celebrating 31 years of marriage and we both agree it just keeps getting better and better. Does the courtship fade after 31 years? Absolutely not! A few years ago I wrote a column that describes my husband and every word still holds up today.

"He loves me, he loves me not."

I was reading a book of love poems the other day, and it made me think about my husband. No, he doesn't write poetry, but he romances me every day with little things, and they feel like poetry to me.

Whenever he hands me a bottle of water, he always loosens the cap first.

If I wake up at 3:30 in the morning, he rolls over and says, "Suzanne, I taped one of your favorite shows. It's on the television in the kitchen."

If he knows that I'm going to take a bath, he offers to fill the tub for me, and he even puts a hand towel on the back of our old fashioned claw tub, so my back doesn't lean up against the cold porcelain.

When my husband fixes me an ice cream cone, sometimes he adds a surprise in the bottom of the cone. If I'm having strawberry, there might be one small dollop of chocolate at the very bottom with a splash of chocolate sauce, for the last surprise bite.

If I have a morning appointment and the car is near empty, or it got caught in the irrigation water the night before, he makes an early morning run to the gas station--fills it up and washes off the windows.

And my husband always seems to know before I do, when I'm going to be tired. Because when I head for the bedroom, I discover he's been there first. My pillows are propped up against the headboard, the corner of the sheet on my side of the bed is neatly pulled back in a triangle, and the lamp is turned on low.

It's my husband's way of bringing poetry to life. I'm one lucky woman.

Ah... "He loves me--he loves me a lot."

(Happy Anniversary to my best friend, the man who's shown me how wonderful life can be. What would I do without you?)

* Today's giveaway...a fresh Christmas flower arrangement, delivered right to your door. (Please be sure to include your address, for delivery.) Send your entry email to: suzanne@emailbookclub.com I won't reply, but be assured your name is in Santa's hat for the drawing. Congratulations to the winners of Wednesday's giveaway: Joyce Steenbergen, Jennifer Jones, Vickie Garrett and Teresa Klein.

Thanks for reading with me. It's so good to read with friends.

Suzanne Beecher
Suzanne@DearReader.com
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Comments

[Regina]

Your husband's actions speak more about him and his feelings for you than any material purchase ever could. Congratulations on 31 happy years and may you experience many more!

[Chellie Campbell]

Wow, Suzanne, what a woman you are to deserve a wonderful man like your husband! Of course he must be pretty good to deserve you, too. A match made in heaven! Congratulations to both of you on a fabulous partnership - may you have another 31 years to love and enjoy.

Blessings and love,
Chellie

[Nina]

I'd've thought this'd bring a slew of comments. Congrats Suzanne&hubby.. and many more.
I love the "bottom of the ice cream cone" surprise. We indulge with a spoonful or two right out of the Starbucks carton... their Java Chip is scrumptious. I make a mini-martini and spoon it into the indentations I leave in the ice cream with my tiny spoon. Sometimes I cover the bubbles over for a surprise...sometimes I leave the little bubbles exposed so he can spoon it straight-up, if inclined:))
"He" should sneak in and write a Dear Reader column 'for' you occasionally. I,for one, would love to read a 'His' of Her Dear Reader:)) Thoughtfulness is always an inspiring topic. Nina